Nyya Toussaint, born in New Jersey, grew up listening to family members talk in Kreyol but did not have the confidence to speak it himself until taking Professor Nic Andre’s class at Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs.
Kreyol finally clicked for Toussaint when he set out with Andre in 2017 to collaborate with Duolingo, a language learning app, to add Kreyol to the platform.
Uh oh, it looks like you’ve hit a paywall! But don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here are a few ways you can access this story.