Olivia Drabczyk
51st Council District - Staten Island
Olivia Drabczyk was raised in Great Kills where she currently lives with her mother, father, sister and son, Henry. She is a proud union member and public high school special education teacher. She is a graduate of PS 32, IS 24, and Staten Island Technical HS. She earned her Bachelor’s in Applied Psychology and Counseling from Pace University and a Master’s degree in Inclusive Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Olivia is a Fulbright Award winner and member of Phi Sigma Sigma International Sorority. She is an avid traveler, reader, and hiker.
Olivia was raised on Reina and grandma slices. She was raised as the oldest daughter of hard working parents in a semi-attached house full of opinionated women. She grew up on SING and Spring Musicals, backyard BBQ’s, and block parties. Olivia owes who she is as a mother, as an educator, and as a woman in large part to Staten Island and its people. She’s overjoyed to be raising her son on the trails of Blue Heron and Clay Pit Pond Parks, alongside harbor seals at Mt Loretto, and in a running stroller on the New Springville Greenway surrounded by loving family, friends, and neighbors.
Like most Staten Islanders she meets, Olivia is resilient and kind. She believes in providing greater public access to the political process and transparency in governing. She believes in the power of people and in the power of their stories. Most of all, she believes in building and nurturing spaces for people to share them.