Emmeline Edwards: ‘I connect the dots’
By 
Rebecca Trager2024-06-24T12:55:00
The Haitian-American neurochemist on her journey from Haiti to the US as a teenager, and her journey from chemistry to brain science
I grew up in Haiti and came to the US when I was 17 years old, in 1970. My grandfather was a Haitian historian who directed the National Museum in Haiti. At the time women didn’t really work outside of the home, but my mom was one of the administrators at the museum for many years. My dad was an accountant and a business owner.