Mr. Akepele is a family case manager working with HIV-affected immigrant families to support maintenance of care and treatment and ensure the psychosocial well-being of the whole family. He assists clients in navigating health care, public entitlements, medical, legal, educational and other social support systems. In this role as a client advocate, he provides escort, interpretation, counseling and intensive support to immigrants and their families. Evariste joined African Services in September 2002 from the American Red Cross where he was a client services representative in the Disaster Services Sector. He has Master's degrees in law from the University of Abidjan and in international relations from City College. He is also a candidate for a Master's in Health Administration. Evariste is a certified community HIV/AIDS educator and has certificates in international humanitarian law and the law of armed conflict from UNITAR-POCI. Originally from Cote d’Ivoire, he speaks French, Abbey, Attie and Dioula, in addition to English.