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Alexandra Cenatus is a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and also serves as the Director of Programs at Maryland Humanities, where she works to make the humanities accessible and engaging. Her doctoral research explores how Haiti's social transformation affects culinary traditions and eating practices within Haitian communities. At Maryland Humanities, Cenatus creates community-centered programs while advancing language accessibility through multifaceted strategies. In 2021, she co-authored the Haitian American Dream Timeline, a digital humanities initiative that chronicles the historical trajectory of Haitian immigration to the United States, alongside collaborators Margarita Vargas-Betancourt and Ivanna Moreno. Cenatus extends her research and programming expertise to community initiatives through her service on the Maryland 250 Commission and her board positions with the Haitian Studies Association (HSA), WeaveTales, and the Washington State Coalition for Language Access (WASCLA).

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