‘We evolved together’: ex-senator Mégie reflects on eight years of Red Chamber modernization

Former physician and senator Marie-Françoise Mégie says she's proud of her efforts addressing systemic discrimination, creating a Pandemic Observance Day, and shepherding health legislation through the Upper Chamber.
Former senator Marie-Françoise Mégie, who retired on Sept. 21, was the first Haitian woman appointed to the Senate.

After nearly nine years in the Red Chamber, recently retired senator Marie-Françoise Mégie says she is “proud” to have evolved with the institution as its first Haitian woman appointee who began her Hill career in the early days of Senate independence.

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