Sabina’s Story

As Rhode Island’s Lieutenant Governor and President of the Providence City Council, Sabina Matos has spent her career fighting for working families like hers. She’s dedicated her career in public service to making Rhode Island a more affordable and safer place to live, work and raise a family.

Since 2021, Sabina has served as Rhode Island’s Lieutenant Governor, where she has championed efforts to crack down on corporate price gouging, lower the cost of groceries, build more affordable housing, stop gun violence, and defend abortion rights.

Like many Rhode Islanders, Sabina knows what it’s like to work hard and, at times, struggle to make ends meet. Immigrating to the United States from the Dominican Republic at the age of 20, Sabina was determined to secure the American dream. She worked at a clothing factory before moving to Providence, where she learned English while working in a jewelry factory.

Sabina graduated from Rhode Island College and became deeply involved in her community,working to address the high cost of housing. In 2010, as a young mom, Sabina ran for and was elected to the Providence City Council. During her campaign, Sabina remembers being asked why a mom with young kids would run for office. Her response: “Why not?”

As President of the Providence City Council, Sabina championed an agenda to make life better for all of us. Her initiatives took direct aim at the barriers facing Providence households: building housing that hard-working Rhode Islanders can afford, supporting women leaders, and protecting reproductive freedom.

Sabina and her husband live in Providence with their two children.