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This is who I am

I am Rose Reyes, and I thank you again for voting for me to take a minority seat as a Working Families Party member on the Windham Town Council to represent Willimantic.

I want to continue to serve and to support projects that reflect our community's diverse interests and to address the growing needs of our exciting, beautiful, small city.

Some Background:

I moved to the Windham area in 1992. Born to parents from Naranjito and Naguabo, Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx, I graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Human Services and the University of Connecticut with a Master in Bilingual Instruction and Curriculum. I graduated from Windham's first Parent Leadership Training Institute and helped co found the Windham Parent Network. I'm a member of the UCONN Chapter of Pi Lambda Theta (Professional Honor Society for Educators). I am an Executive Committee member of Windham Federation of Teachers, Local 1577 as well as a member of the Connecticut AFT Lobbying and Political Action Committee. I've served on the Willimantic Housing Authority and as a working member of the Willimantic Food Co-op. I am a member of the NAACP Windham/Willimantic branch and a memebr of the North East Regional District of the Democratic Socialists of America. I've celebrated over twenty years in Windham's Bilingual Education program as a grade two instructor and now as a Bi literacy Specialist serving students in grade k through four at Natchaug Elementary right in the heart of the city.

My daughter, Ava Rose and her dog, Coco, and I love to entertain and feed our guests. We love Windham's waterways. The small city is quite appealing. Let's take care of it!