Marquetta L. Goodwine, officially Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, a native of St. Helena Island, South Carolina, is the official spokesperson for Gullah/Geechees. In 1999 she became the first Gullah to speak before the United Nations, giving testimony at an April 1 hearing of the Commission on Human Rights in Switzerland. She is presently visiting professor at the University of Minnesota