Kim Ellison
Template:TOCnestleft Kim Ellison is the former wife of Keith Ellison.
Kim Ellison works as a teacher, starting her career teaching Mathematics at The City, Inc. alternative school in Minneapolis. She later moved on to Guadalupe Alternative Program in St. Paul, where she taught multiple subjects, according to the Star Tribune. She now teaches at Minneapolis’ North High School, and she also helps to coach swimming there.
In 2011, she became a member of the Minneapolis school board, replacing another board member who had recently resigned.
In the race for at-large representative of the Minneapolis Board of Education, Kim Ellison went up against Doug Mann, who she easily defeated with nearly 80 percent of the vote. During the race, she was endorsed by the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers.[1]
Meeting Keith
Kim and Keith Ellison met in high school in Detroit.
It wasn’t until 1987 when Kim moved to Minneapolis, and she did so so that Keith Ellison could attend the University of Minnesota Law School. They were married that same year, and Keith graduated with his degree in 1990.[2]