Rodney Montreuil is the 2019 Tempe Mayor's Office Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Award Recipient. Mr. Montreuil, the founder and Executive Director of the Haitian American Center for Social Economic Development (HACSED), is being recognized for consistently showing compassion, dedication, leadership, and commitment in working with the refugee and immigrant population of the East valley and Greater Phoenix. He spent his whole summer of 2017 volunteering at the Florence & Eloy Immigration Detention Centers, helping with interpreting, document translation, advocacy on behalf of refugees of all ethnic backgrounds. He also partnered with Catholic Charities and the Florence Legal Project to get a wide range of services for the Haitian and African immigrants. He's fluent in French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. As a tradition, his portrait will be inducted into the Museum of the City of Tempe.