Eve Colavito

Eve Colavito, co-Chief Executive Officer, leads all school and out-of-school time programs at DREAM, with robust summer and afterschool programs; community summer programs across East Harlem and the South Bronx; and programming to support youth to and through college. Eve started her teaching career in Mmabatho, South Africa, before returning home to New York City to teach third and fourth grade in East Harlem. Eve went on to become a founding teacher and director at Bronx Charter School for the Arts and eventually served as Co-Executive Director alongside the school’s founder. Eve has been a member of the DREAM team since 2009, first as Director of Instruction, then as Head of School, where she led dramatic achievement gains and oversaw DREAM’s expansion to Pre-K and high school. In their previous current role as Chief Education Officer, she drove the full integration of academic and social-emotional learning, health and wellness, and family supports in order to ensure positive outcomes for young people. She became co-Chief Executive Officer alongside Richard Berlin in 2021. Eve has a bachelor's degree from Brown University and a Masters's degree in Elementary and Special Education from Bank Street College of Education and is a graduate of New Leaders and an Aspen Scholar.