Lifelong Boston Resident, Small Business Owner and BPS Teacher, Annissa Essaibi George is running for Boston City Council At-Large

Lifelong Boston resident, small business owner and BPS Teacher, Annissa Essaibi George is running for Boston City Council At-Large. As a Boston City Council At Large Annissa will focus her efforts on Education, Economic Development and Innovation, and Public Safety.

Since 2001, Annissa Essaibi George has been a teacher at East Boston High School. She is a Massachusetts Certified Teacher in Secondary Education in Political Science/Political Philosophy. She has taught Economics, Business Management (as part of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship) and Health & Human Services to juniors and seniors at the high school. During her tenure she was also served the assistant softball coach.

Annissa is the owner of Stitch House Dorchester, a thriving, small business attracting customers from the greater Boston area and beyond since 2007. This retail shop sells yarn and fabrics and offers a number of classes in knitting, sewing, quilting and crochet, all hobbies Annissa has enjoyed since childhood.

Annissa graduated from Boston Technical High School and earned her B.A. from Boston University in Political Science and holds a Masters of Education from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Annissa Essaibi George is married to Dorchester native Doug George. They are the proud parents of four boys:  Douglas, age 8, and triplets, Charlie, Kayden and Samir, age 6. The boys attend Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy, the same school Annissa and Doug attended as children (then known as St. Margaret School).    Annissa has served the community in a number of ways. She currently serves on the Board of Directors at Dorchester House Health Center, Dorchester Day Parade Planning Committee, Columbia Point Task Force.

Previously Annissa served as a Board Member of McCormack Civic Association, President of Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association, coach for East Boston Summer Softball. She is also actively engaged in many more activities in her role as mom, teacher and business owner.