Welcome! Thank you for visiting the webpage for the 15th Ward. I am proud to advocate for the concerns of the people of the Olneyville, Silver Lake, Valley, and West End neighborhoods on the Providence City Council. I am dedicated to working on issues that matter most to you: improving our schools, cleaning and repairing streets, and creating greater economic opportunity. Please visit this page often to keep up with what is happening in our neighborhood.

Feel free to contact me at Ward15@providenceri.com or call the City Council office at 521-7477 with any questions you may have. Sincerely, Sabina Matos Ward 15 Olneyville, Silver Lake, Valley, West End

Biography

Sabina Matos was elected Council person for Ward 15 in November 2010, and began her first term in January 2011.

Councilwoman Matos emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Providence with her family in 1994. She graduated from Rhode Island College in 2001 with a degree Communications-Public Relations. In 2005, she was naturalized as an American citizen.

An active member of the community, Councilwoman Matos has served on the Board of Directors of the Olneyville Housing Corporation since 2004, is a graduate of the Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund’s Latina Leadership Institute, and, in 2007, was elected President of that organization. She was the President of the Board of Directors of the Education Center for the Arts & Sciences Theater (Teatro ECAS), a local organization promoting Spanish language theater and Latino culture.

The councilwoman has also been a strong advocate for the underprivileged. In 2003, she helped organize the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, which brought thousands of immigrants, union members, and elected officials together in New York City and Washington, D.C. for rallies in support of immigrant and workers’ rights. She has also worked closely with the National Conference of Community and Justice, a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism.

Since 2007, she has been the Associate Director of New Roots Providence, an initiative of the Providence Plan that offers free training, grants, and technical assistance to community organizations throughout Rhode Island.

Born in the Dominican province of Barahona and raised in Santo Domingo, Councilwoman Matos has been a Providence resident since 1994. In 2000, she moved to the Olneyville neighborhood, where she still resides, along with her husband, Patrick Ward, and her two children, Diego and Annemarie.