An alumnus of the École normale supérieure of the Université d'État d'Haïti, Darline Alexis went on to study literature at the Université des Antilles-Guyane and obtained a degree in foreign language didactics at the Université Lumière Lyon-II. She teaches at the ENS and Quisqueya University. She co-edited the book Déjouer le silence. Contre-discours sur les femmes haïtiennes, Montreal, ed. Remue-Ménage/ed. Mémoire d'encrier/PressuniQ, 2018. She is a member of the editorial board of the Caribbean journal Chemins Critiques.