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Mathieu Beaucicot came to the United States from Haiti in the early 1990s. He is married, with five kids ages 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24, and they came over after. His wife came just three years ago with the youngest children, and Mathieu just got his citizenship last week. He used to work in the fields, and now he works for the Coalition

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Mathieu Beaucicot and his daughter, Vedette, right, raise their hands in prayer during a service at the Immokalee Haitian Free Methodist Church on Sunday, June 8, 2008.Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot's daughters Magdala, left front, Vedette, left back, wife Roselene, second from right, and son Pierre Richard, stand outside the Immokalee Haitian Free methodist Church before heading in to Sunday school on June 8, 2008. The family arrives at church for the 9 a.m. school and often doesn't leave until after noon. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot reads a Bible in his home before church on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Beaucicot, who attends the Immokalee Haitian Free Methodist Church, reads the Bible in both Hatian Creole and English.Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot reads a Bible in his kitchen before heading to church with his family on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The Beaucicot family goes to church three times a week, once on Fridays and twice on Sundays. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot stocks the fridge with sodas at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' grocery store on June 6, 2008. Beaucicot typically works six days a week from 11:00 a.m. to sometimes 9:00 at night during the harvest. Now that many of the workers have moved north to find work, Beaucicot leaves around 6:00. Ed Matthews/ Staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot hands change to a woman at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' grocery store on June 6, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot greets a Haitian woman who stopped by the Coalition's grocery store on June 6, 2008. Beaucicot speaks Haitian Creole, English and Spanish, and chats with many of the customers that come in his store. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot plays with Itzael Benitez behind the counter at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' grocery store, while his mother, Veronica, watches. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot talks with his daughters Vedette, left, and Magdala after receiving their report cards in the mail on Friday, June 6, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Roselene Beaucicot, left, gets a slice a pizza while Mathieu and daughter Vedette relax in the living room of their Immokalee home after church on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Magdala Beaucicot helps her father, Mathieu, work the DVD player in the family's living room after church on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Magdala Beaucicot passes through the living room on her way to the couch while her father, Mathieu, watches television after church on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot talks with his daughters Vedette, right, and Magdala after receiving their report cards in the mail on Friday, June 6, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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Mathieu Beaucicot with his daughters Magdala, far left, Vedette, left, son Pierre Richard, right, and wife Roselene outside their Immokalee home on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Ed Matthews/staff
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