Question and Answer Interview
1. What is your name?
My name is Jean-Bertho Almonord, also known as Jean B. Almonord.
2. Where you raised in Haiti?
Yes, I was raised in Haiti. I used to live in Saint Louis du Nord, Haiti. At an early, I moved to Port-au-Prince, where I lived in Delmas.
3. When did you come to America?
I was repatriated to America at the age of ten: April 21, 1991. It was on my tenth brithday: a memorable birthday.
4. What is your eduactional background?
In Haiti, I attended Coeur de Jesus in Delmas up until Elemantaire I/II. Afterwards, I started the fourth grade at Dillard Elementary where I graduated in 1992. I followed course at Sunrise Middle School and transferred to Lauderdale Lakes Middle School in the eigth grade. I entered the Magnet program at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, FL shortly therefater. As a result of the family divore, I moved up to North to Massachusetts where I graduated High School in 1999: Medford High School. I matriculated at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in September of 1999. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and computer Science in May of 2004. I worked for a while. I also attended Charis Bible College of Colorado Sorings, CO in from 2008 to 2009. I obtained my minister's license and finished the first year at Charis Bible School of Plymouth, MA in 2014. Afterwards, I matriculated at Grand Canyon University for Master of Divinity in Sacred Theological Studies. Later, I transferred to Liberty University for the Master of Arts in Theological Studies. I graduated in the Spring of 2025. I am currently pursuing the Doctorate of Philosophy in Practical Theology and hope to perform a dissertation on Scripture and why it is divineely inspired. I am now in the tier III phase of the program.
5. Do you have a professional career?
I worked as a software engineer professionally for approcimately to eight years. It started as an undergradute Research Ooprtunity (UROP), at the MIT Media Lab underneath Professor Ted Selker in the EyeR Lab. Afterwards, I interned as software engineer intern at Sun Microsystem in Burlington, MA under David Vallance. My first professional job was as a Java Developer at Survey Sampling Internationl in Fairfield, CT. I worked under Mike Miller from December of 2004 to Dececmber of 2006. I worked at for a brief stint at Aliaswire under Bill Spencer in Cambridge, Massachusetts afterwards. Later that year, I worked for a brief stint at Jackpot Rewards as backend software engineer under Gray Watson. Years later, I worked for Raytheon BBN Technologies as an Occam Solutions software engineer contractor for two years: from 2012 to 2014. I was under Matthew Michaelson at Occam Solutions. I was under Sean Colbath at raytheon BBN Technologies. In about 2017, I set out to become an author and started writing In Search of Hallelujahs. It was published by Dorrance in 2020.
6. What is your favorite meal?
I love Haitian 'legumes'. It is a dish of mixed vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, chaiote squash, eggplant, spinach, and beef. It can be eaten with a side of rice and beans. I also love Haitian 'bouillon'. My favorite American meal is plain old cheeseburger. My favorite breakfast meal is scrambled eggs mixed with sliced hot dogs with a side of plantains.
7. Have you traveled anywhere?
I was raised in Haiti. I traveled to the Bahamas when my adopted dad was getting married. I traveled alone to India in 2005 for two weeks. I have also gone off to two trips in Montreal, Canada from Boston, MA. That is the extent of my travels.
8. What is your favorite city in America?
It is Malden, Massachusetts, where I reside.
9. Are there any countries that you would you like to visit??
I would like to visit England, France, Germany, India, the Dominican Replublic, and possibly Jamaica10. What is your aim in life?
I am aiming at achieving excellence in everything that I do. I am hoping for fairness for the downtrodden people in life as well.
11. Are you a Christian?
I am a sincere Christian and even think of myself as a saint. I used to be a Catholic as a minor growing up in Haiti. I became a Protestatnt by accepting Christ into my heart at an aerly age in Haiti. I have been a Christain ever since.
12. What are your honors?
I am member of the Omnega Nu Lambda National Honor Society and the Chi Sigma Lambda Sigma National Honor Society.
13. What are you hoping to do with the PhD in Practical Theology?
I am slated to start as a Professor at certain Universities that I will not disclose yet in their respective divinity departments. I am also a Christian author.
14. What is your favorite book?
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. My favorite character is the protagonist: Christian
15. Who are your parents?
My adopted parents are Dieupanous Almonor and Annele Pierre-Louis.
16. What is your favorite University?
My favorite University is MIT. I learned so much there in my undergarduate years. I learbed how to solve problems effectivelya nd how think outside of the box.
17. Are you pro-life or Pro-Choice?
I am pro-life. In fact, In Search of Hallelujahs is a Pro-life book. Jean lives through the abortive death that was planned by his mother, Sofiana.
18. What do you believe about eschatology?
I am a strict Bible-believing Christian. I believe that we are in the end times. I beleve everything the Bible says about the end times.