Marie-Clemence Ulcena was born September 1, 1956, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where she attended primary and secondary school. She is a mother and a grandmother of 4 beautiful childre...view moreMarie-Clemence Ulcena was born September 1, 1956, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where she attended primary and secondary school. She is a mother and a grandmother of 4 beautiful children and 10 grand-children.
In 1980, she emigrated to the United State to be reunited with her husband. Shortly after, she enrolled in ESL program at Prospect Park High school, obtained her GED and went to Borough of Manhattan community college (BMCC). In her English class, she wrote a poem about Haiti that was published in the school newspaper as the best poem of the year. She graduated from BMCC with an associate degree and enrolled at Stony Brook University where she obtained her Bachelor degree in science, two years later a Master’s degree in science and graduated Cum Laude. As a devoted Christian she served as a deaconess for 20 years at Pentecostal Church of Fisher of Men. In 2009, she enrolled at the French Bible Institute (bibledoc) and graduated in 2011. During the same year Marie-Clemence was accepted into Star Vision Ministry program; she completed the program in a year and was ordained minister. She was recently ordained as a minister at her church, where she is serving as assistant pastor. As director of Sunday’s School, she has already published “La Foi” (Faith); a book widely acclaimed by many churches in the Haitian community. Marie-Clemence loves to travel, she has already visited: France, Italy, England, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Mexico and almost all the Caribbean islands.view less