Simon Ribeiro (D-IL-9)

Simon Ribeiro (D-IL-9)

 

Simon Ribeiro Congressional Candidate Illinois District 9

 

Biography of Simon Ribeiro from Simon Ribeiro for Congress

 

• Simon grew up in Evanston, part of Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, and has lived there for 26 years.
• Simon’s Mom was a schoolteacher, and his Dad was a violin professor.
• After graduating from Evanston Township High School, Simon earned university degrees in political science, history, and secondary education.
• During college, Simon worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor, saving many from drowning and teaching many more how to swim.
• Simon taught for seven school years at the school districts of Chicago, Evanston, and Skokie.
• Currently, Simon is a high school teacher in the Chicago Archdiocese.
• Simon coached a Chicago public high school boys swim team, and taught swimming at Northeastern Illinois University and Northwestern University.
• Simon managed the voting process as an Election Judge and Equipment Manager in the elections of 2008, 2009, and 2011.
• Simon ran for Congress in 2010 and was nominated in February over the 2008 nominee, and won about five thousand votes.
• Illinois’ 9th Congressional District recently was redrawn and enlarged to include much of Chicago’s north end and the northern suburbs, stretching from the Lake to Arlington Heights.
• As an educator and activist, Simon has been concerned about the growing disparities and volatility of the struggling middle class.
• Not since the last World War, has the middle class been so vulnerable.
• Motivated by the people’s struggle, Simon is convinced that he and others must act as the change needed to alleviate the people’s suffering.