Connecting Through Higher Education

Haiti deserves world-class education. We're delivering it.

Founded in 2023 and officially accredited by Haiti’s Ministry of Education in 2025, Université NEXUS d’Haiti is already transforming lives — with over 200 students enrolled across three high-impact programs: Education, Business & Administration, and Nursing.

These aren’t just degrees. They’re Haiti’s future. We’re training the teachers who will strengthen its schools, the business leaders who will rebuild its economy, and the nurses that the hospitals and communities urgently need.

Taught by faculty from France, the United States, and Haiti, our programs bring global expertise to local purpose — because Haiti’s recovery and long-term stability depend on the people we develop today.

The university was founded by Michel Valentin in partnership with KONEKTE Princeton Haiti.

Administration

Dr Jean Alix René - Dean of Curriculum

Dr. Jean Alix René is a historian. He has extensive experience in teaching, notably at the State University of Haiti, where he directed the master’s program in history at the École Normale Supérieure. He also served as Director of the Presses Universitaires d’État d’Haïti. He has been teaching Haitian history, and the history of education at Nexus University since 2023. He is a published author and has received various academic distinctions including the 2017 First Prize in History from the Haitian Society of History, Geography, and Geology for the manuscript of his book, “Haiti After Slavery: State Formation and Popular Political Culture (1804-1846)”, published in 2019. He is currently working on a history of small land ownership in nineteenth-century Haiti.

Michel Valentin - Director

Michel Valentin is an educator and lawyer. He is a member of the Croix-des-Bouquets Bar Association. He has over twenty years of experience in education, having taught at the primary, secondary, and university levels, notably at the Autonomous University of Port-au-Prince. He has also served as a school principal. Passionate about education, he has been working to train young people in the Ganthier district since 2011 at the Men Nan Men Educational Complex, the district’s first vocational school, which has trained thousands of young people in a variety of trades. He has served as National Director of the international organization Foundation for Peace since 2010. He is a founding member
and Rector of Nexus University of Haiti. His main academic interests are law and religion. He is the author of the essay “Protestantism in Haiti: A Journey Through Legality and Spirituality”, Port-au-Prince, C3 Editions, May 2025.

Anne Hoppenot - Co-founder and Program Coordinator

Anne Hoppenot, Franco American, holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She began her career with the L’Oréal group, then moved to the United States with her family, where she dedicated herself to education. For eighteen years, she taught French in an American high school, sharing her passion for the French language and culture with several generations of students. She has also been actively involved in the nonprofit sector. She founded several nonprofit organizations, including a French-American international school, a youth soccer club, as well as KONEKTE Princeton Haiti, an initiative aimed at strengthening educational and community ties with Haiti.

In September 2023, with Michel Valentin, she co-founded Université NEXUS d’Haïti, with the ambition of promoting innovative and accessible education for Haitian youth and the country’s development.