Background
Valmera was born in Portuguese-au-Prince, Haiti.
Valmera was born in Portuguese-au-Prince, Haiti.
Having taught himself basketball in his native country, he emigrated to the United States and became a standout player at Union University in Tennessee. When Valmera"s playing career concluded, he relocated to Boston, Massachusetts where he taught French and history at a middle school. Soon after his arrival in the states, he met David Franklin, a business owner of an architecture firm.
Together, they founded a non-for-profit organization called POWERforward International Incorporated., created to help young Haitians gain private-school educations in the United States through basketball.