My Personal statement was the story of my family’s surname, Lafond-Favieres. My father was born in Haiti, and the name is from his Haitian ancestors. One ancestor was the son of a father with the name Favieres and a mother with the last name Lafond The son had the father’s last name until he made the controversial decision to join the country’s military. His choice upset his father so much that he was barred from using the...