Annissa Essaibi George

Annissa Essaibi George[lower-alpha 1] is an American politician who serves as an at-large member of the Boston City Council, where she is the chair of the Committee on Homelessness, Mental Health, and Recovery.[1]

Annissa Essaibi George
Member of the Boston City Council for the at-large district
Assumed office
January 2016
Personal details
Born (1973-12-12) December 12, 1973
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston University (B.A.)
University of Massachusetts-Boston (M.Ed.)
Websitewww.annissaforboston.com

Early life

Essaibi George was born on December 12, 1973, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents met while studying in Paris. Her mother was born to Polish parents in a displaced persons camp in Germany but grew up in Boston. Her father, Ezzeddine, was from Tunisia. They relocated to the United States in 1972, settling in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. She and her three siblings were raised Catholic while her father was a practicing Muslim.[2]

Essaibi George graduated from Boston Technical High School (now the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics & Science) before going on to study at Boston University, where she was a political science major.[2] While in college, she interned in the Washington, D.C. office of Max Baucus. After graduating, she worked as the Student Services Liaison at the Boston Private Industry Council.[3] She continued her education by earning a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, later teaching social studies electives at East Boston High School from 2001 to 2014.[2]

Political career

Essaibi George is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[4] She became an at-large member of the Boston City Council in January 2016, following the November 2015 election; she was re-elected in November 2017 and November 2019.[5][6]

On January 27, 2021, she confirmed that she would run in the 2021 Boston mayoral election, considered a "wide open" race as incumbent Marty Walsh is expected to be confirmed as United States Secretary of Labor.[7][8]

Personal life

Essaibi George is the founder and owner of a retail store in Dorchester called Stitch House, which sells yarn and fabrics and offers classes in knitting, sewing, quilting and crochet.[3] She and her husband, real estate developer Doug George, have four sons, including a set of triplets.[2]

Notes
  1. Some sources use a hyphen in her name; Annissa Essaibi-George. However, neither her own website or her profile page at Boston.gov use a hyphen; Annissa Essaibi George.

References
  1. Dearing, Tiziana (August 29, 2019). "Why Boston City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George Isn't Thrilled About Supervised Consumption Sites". WBUR. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. "A Teacher's Voice" (Winter Spring 2017). Bostonia. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. "ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE". City of Boston. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  4. "Annissa Essaibi George". Boston.gov. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. Connolly, Brynne (November 5, 2019). "Boston city council election comes down to 10 vote spread for 4th place cutoff". WHDH-TV. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. Ertischek, David. "Council To Be Woman-Majority: Wu, Flaherty, Essaibi-George Re-Elected, Mejia Wins At-Large Seat". Jamaica Plain News. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  7. McDonald, Danny (January 27, 2021). "Councilor Essaibi-George jumps into the mayoral fray". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  8. Gavin, Christopher (January 12, 2020). "With Boston mayoral race wide open, endorsements roll in for Wu, Campbell". Boston.com. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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