Her background gives her a front-row seat to the immigrant experience.
“I had to feed them.
Those experiences proved to be lessons for Jean-Pierre.

“Don’t put people up on a pedestal,” she said.
We are flawed individuals.”
You have to confirm that you navigate through those waters, so that you could continue your career."

But Jean-Pierre’s also has happier associations.
She and her partner, journalist Suzanne Malveaux, have a young daughter.

