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City Councilor At-Large Felix G. Arroyo was elected to the Boston City Council with over 45,000 votes in November of 2009 and was sworn in on January 4, 2010. Councilor Arroyo is a lifelong Bostonian--born in the South End and raised in Hyde Park. He now shares a home with his wife Jasmine in Jamaica Plain. He is also a proud graduate of the Boston Public Schools.
Councilor Arroyo has been in community service and organizing for over ten years. Prior to being elected to the Boston City Council, he served as a Field Director at Northeast Action where he led a New England wide campaign for national health care reform. Before working at Northeast Action, he served as the Political Director for SEIU Local 615 where he organized around worker rights. It is because of his roots as a community organizer that he is committed to “collaborative politics” – bringing people together so that everyone’s voice is heard.
Of all of Councilor Arroyo’s community involvement, he is most proud of his work with youth throughout the City. For over seven years, he has been an active youth sports coach for youth between the ages of 13 – 18 years old. It is his work with young people that drives his commitment to our City’s youth.
Councilor Arroyo is the son of Felix D. Arroyo, a former Boston City Councilor and Elsa, a Boston Public School Teacher. He has three brothers and a sister, all of whom attended the Boston Public Schools, and three nieces and one nephew. All his nieces and nephews that are of school age attend the Boston Public Schools.
Councilor Arroyo did his undergraduate studies at UMass Boston and completed his Masters Degree at Southern New Hampshire University.
He is the Chair of the Council’s Committee on Labor, Youth Affairs and Human Rights and is Chair of the Council’s Special Committee on Asthma. He is also the Vice Chair of the Council’s Committee on Housing.
