From Haiti to Ivy League halls, two scholars turn rivalry into a mission for change

From Haiti to Ivy League halls, two scholars turn rivalry into a mission for change

When Gil Sander Joseph and Wilhem Hector, both now 24, first met as teenagers at Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague (ISLG), a Catholic school in Port-au-Prince, neither foresaw that a classroom rivalry would grow into a lifelong friendship spanning continents and world-class universities. Before they became friends, teachers at their separate schools constantly compared them, urging each to outdo the other. By the time they finally shared a cla…