Evelyn Alicea-Santiago was born in East Harlem, New York, where her parents migrated during the Puerto Rican migration of the 1950’s.  She graduated from the City University of New York in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in Bilingual Education with a minor in music. She later obtained her NYS Certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Long Island University.  In 2004, she received her master’s degree in Instructional Technology from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).  In 2012, she received her Certificate of Advanced Studies in Educational Administration from SUNY New Paltz.

 

Evelyn moved to White Plains in 1990 with her husband and children, where she began her career in education in the fields of English as a Second Language (ESL), Science, and Instructional Technology. She has worked as an educator in New Rochelle, Port Chester, and White Plains. As a teacher, she became part of the White Plains Middle School PTA as a liaison and member of the Staff Development Center Committee.  From 2005-2008, she became the District’s Instructional Technology Specialist.  As a parent, she became part of her children’s PTAs,

school-based councils, and various committees.  She also became the co-chair of the Special Needs Committee of the White Plains PTA Council and served as their treasurer for two years. Evelyn retired in 2022 but remains with the White Plains Public School District as a part-time Homebound Instruction and ESL teacher.

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From 1990 to the present, Evelyn has also devoted herself to representing the community to seek social and political empowerment for working people, union families, those in need of Affordable Housing, and the White Plains community in the various positions as outlined below: