Mardochée Gédéon holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Ottawa. While living in Canada, the young Haitian has continued to focus on Haiti, eventually earning the International Graduate Thesis Award for his research on violence in Haiti.

Martissant. The third communal section of Port-au-Prince. For many, the neighborhood is nothing more than a lawless area, a territory abandoned by the Republic. For Mardochée Gédéon, however, it is the place where he grew up. And it is, perhaps, the reason he became who he is today: a sociologist who does not view armed violence through the lens of an NGO report.