This Women’s History Month, celebrate strong, complex, and unforgettable female characters who challenge the status quo.

One of those figures is the Soucouyant, a flying woman who peels off her skin, turns into a ball of fire, and sneaks into open windows to suck the blood or life force from young children and babies.

Fareid Carvalho comes from a very large family but did not have a biological father in his life, a fact that led to a close relationship with his grandmother and mother. He describes his family as ...