A Born and Bred New Yorker, Proud Family Woman
Porter describes herself in her Twitter bio as "Executive Superintendent for the Bronx!! Mother, wife, sister, daughter...Disruptor, Leader and Teacher!! Proud Product of NYC Public Schools." In her introductory press conference Friday, she declared herself the product of a family of educators and a champion of equity.
Born in 1973 in Far Rockaway and raised in South Jamaica, Queens, Porter comes from a family of educators. She was raised by a single mom who returned to school to finish her own degree and was Porter's "favorite" teacher. Her Aunt "Brenda" was her pre-school teacher, cementing her early beginnings in education.