Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Jean-Luc now resides in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Prior to his election to the Board of Directors of North American Indian Center of Boston, Jean-Luc was also elected to the Community Linguist seat of the Advisory Circle for CoLang for the period 2016-20. Currently, Jean-Luc volunteers with his Tribe's Language and Culture Revitalization Program which is a collaboration with Tulane University in New Orleans. This program is based on tradition passed from Jean-Luc's great-grandfather Joseph Alcide Pierite, Sr., last traditional chief and medicine man of the Tunica-Biloxi. Jean-Luc will graduate from Institut d'Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya and Elisava's Master in Design for Emergent Futures on 30 June 2021.