Altagrace M. Maignan is the founder of Belle Créole, a microenterprise program that empowers people, particularly young women, who are living with HIV and AIDS to rise above their circumstances through learning a skill and creating and selling their work. She currently serves as a Manager at Fondation Esther Boucicault Stanislas. Altagrace holds a Master's Degree in medicine from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo.