By Garry Pierre-PierreI met Farah Larrieux in 2000 when I was working with Djakout Mizik to participate at the West Indian Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn. Farah was part of the band’s public relations staff. We’ve maintained a close friendship over the years. After the 2010 earthquake destroyed her home in Port-au-Prince and the death of her mother a couple of years earlier, Farah decided to move permanently to the U.S. and settled in South Florida.SUPPORT COMMUNITY JOURNALISM TO READ MORESign in to your account.