Annissa Essaibi George


Annissa Essaibi-George is an American politician who serves as an at-large member of the Boston City Council, where she is the chair of the Committee on Homelessness, Mental Health, and Recovery. Essaibi-George was re-elected in 2019.

Early life

Essaibi-George's parents met while studying in Paris. Her mother was born to Polish parents in a displaced persons camp in Germany but grew up in Boston. Her father, Ezzeddine, was from Tunisia. They relocated to the United States in 1972, settling in Dorchester, Boston. She and her three siblings were raised Catholic while her father was a practicing Muslim.
She graduated from Boston Technical High School before going on to study at Boston University, where she was a political science major. While in college, she interned in the Washington, D.C. office of Max Baucus. After graduating, she worked as the Student Services Liaison at the Boston Private Industry Council. She continued her education by earning a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts-Boston, later teaching social studies electives at East Boston High School from 2001 to 2014. Essaibi-George is affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Personal life

She and her husband, real estate developer Doug George, have four sons, including a set of triplets.
Essaibi-George is the founder and owner of a retail store in Dorchester called Stitch House, which sells yarn and fabrics and offers classes in knitting, sewing, quilting and crochet.