MEET CARLOS

 

"I was born and raised in Chicago. My father, Carlos Rosa, migrated to Chicago from Puerto Rico in his early 20s. My mother, Margarita Ramirez, immigrated with her parents from northern Mexico to Chicago when she was five years old. My parents met, fell in love, became public school educators and small business owners in this city.

I love Chicago. I love our diversity, our neighborhoods, and our families. Chicago made me who I am. That’s why, after graduating from college, I returned home to serve our communities: as a congressional aide, a union staffer protecting workers’ rights, a deportation defense organizer keeping families together, a Local School Council member in Avondale, an alderman of the 35th Ward for a decade, and now as General Superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District, overseeing one of the largest municipal park systems in the country.

In each role, I have worked to bring people together, manage complex public institutions, and deliver results that improve daily life for all working families." —Carlos

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa is a lifelong Chicagoan and public executive with a record of building coalitions, strengthening public institutions, and delivering durable investments in neighborhoods across the city.

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