sentences:  His father Hebert B. Peck, an agronomist, worked for the United Nations FAO and UNESCO and had taken a job there as professor of agriculture along with many Haitian professionals invited by the government to fill positions recently vacated by Belgians departing after independence.His mother, Giselle, would serve as aide and secretary to mayors of Kinshasa for many years.The family resided in DRC for the next 24 years.