Nadege is also the founder of Young Culinary Masters (YCM) and served as Executive Director from 2006 to 2011. YCM aims to educate young people about food and bring about a positive change in their eating habits and encourage a healthy lifestyle through fun and interactive hands on cooking programs. Nadege graduated with a degree in Political Science from Columbia University. Nadege has been quoted in the New York Times, has appeared on the national television show Chopped on the Food Network and is a Food columnist for the Haitian Times Newspaper.