Martine Harris is a Speech-Language Pathologist, and founder and president of Travel & GIVE. Martine is Haitian-American, and grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At 10 years old, Martine’s 16 year old cousin, Jean-Bernard Brutus (JBB), who was deaf was adopted by Martine’s mother and relocated to the United States in hopes that he would live a more fulfilling life. Although it was hard for JBB to leave his family and friends behind in Haiti, in the United States, he thrived through access to quality education which focused on promotion of independence and autonomy. In 2002, Jean-Bernard passed away in a tragic accident. Motivated by his death, and in hopes to reconnect to her Haitian roots, in 2009 Martine moved to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, to work as an English teacher. During her tenure as a teacher, Martine identified barriers to success and limited resources for children with disabilities in the Haitian community. In 2010, a devastating earthquake impacted Haiti, and disability numbers greatly increased, while allied health services did not. Fueled by the lack of accessibility and misinformation surrounding disabilities in Haiti, Martine founded Travel & GIVE to promote inclusivity and understanding of disability, to allow more children to thrive within their own community.