Rachelle Laguerre is a new resident of the West Lakes. She is a native of Haiti, but she grew up in New York. Before moving to West Lakes she lived in Altamonte Springs. She has been in Central Florida now for 7 years.
Rachelle is happy to call the West Lakes home. She has watched the development of the Pendana Apartments since the project began. She recalls driving through the neighborhood as the project progressed and noting to herself that the development was going to be beautiful. Since then, she has wanted to live at the complex. Now that she lives here, she is excited to become a part of the community. She is working on establishing a rapport with her neighbors so that her children, who love to play outside, can know the people in their community. Rachel is so impressed with what the West Lakes community is becoming. She remembers what it looked like before construction on the projects began. She feels that the property is being cared for beautifully. She says that it is always clean and that she is excited about the construction projects that are happening, that will inevitably make the West Lakes even better!
Rachelle has a B.S. Degree in Business / Human Resources. She recently completed her internship at the Lake Mary City Hall. Rachelle is also a Fashion Stylist. She has a new job as an HR Support Specialist with Legoland. She has dreams of becoming a Doctor. She will be fulfilling that dream by attending a college program soon, where she will continue adding to the first year of pre-med school that she completed at Long Island University in New York years ago. She has always been inspired to have a career in the medical field. Rachelle is a single mom of three children. By pursuing her medical degrees, she hopes to be an inspiration to them.
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To learn more about the Lake Effect | Faces of West Lakes project or to listen to more stories of the residents of the Communities of West Lakes, visit https://www.westlakespartnership.org/faces-of-west-lakes
