Ms. Fathia-Anna Davis speaks to students in the Intercultural Communication Course
Fathia-Anna Davis, a Registered Nurse, is a nursing student in WSSU’s RN to BSN program. Though born in the United States, she was raised by her Haitian parents in Haiti, until she came back as a young teenager for a better education. As a member of the North Carolina National Guard, she was able to return to Haiti five days after the earthquake that killed tens of thousands of her people. Although she went to help others, she also went to find her parents, Roche and Rolande Maignan, both age 76.
She never did. No longer able to help her parents, Fathia worked in the operating room, assisting with amputations and instructing carpenters on making crutches for the disabled.
Fathia recently returned to her alma mater to share her experiences with students in the Intercultural Communication course of Andrea Patterson, instructor of Speech Communication in the Department of English and Foreign Languages.
Fathia shared her memories of the screams she heard of those in pain, the piles of dead bodies, the scenes of destruction for as far as the eye could see, and the day-to-day struggle for survival.
Davis will graduate in May. Her plan is to return to Haiti.
WSSU’s Rams H.O.P.E. project is doing what it can to aid the victims of Haiti and other earthquake-ravaged nations. To learn more, go to the WSSU Web site at www.wssu.edu to see how you can help.
