Maria Bartolillo

Maria Bartolillo was born and raised in Brooklyn and is a self-described lifetime New Yorker. She has grown up loving and appreciating the buzz of the City, and has dedicated her life to the betterment of her community and city life as a whole.

Currently, Ms. Bartolillo resides in downtown Manhattan. She attended college in Brooklyn and received her Master’s degree from Hunter College. Ms. Bartolillo has always wished to dedicate her life to helping the less fortunate, and went on to obtain her New York State Certification in Deaf Education. After years of teaching deaf students, she became Department Supervisor, Principal, and then Director of St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf.

Ms. Bartolillo is the Treasurer of the 4201 Schools Association, a group of 11 schools in New York State that educate deaf, blind and physically challenged students. She is a member of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development and serves as a member of the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, a national organization.

Ms. Bartolillo has dedicated her life to the welfare of youth, her city and those with learning disabilities. These attributes make her a perfect New York State Woman of Distinction.