Ms. Easton is a Manhattan resident whose career includes positions with the Montclair, New Jersey Board of Education, Harlem Dowling Children's Services and Sheltering Arms Children's Service, where she served for over 20 years. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Montclair, Manhattan's Creative Arts Workshop for Children, Upward, Inc., the Brooklyn Charter School, BELL New York (Building Educated Leaders for Life) and the District Council 1707, Local 215 Health and Benefit Fund. She is also a founding Board member of Harlem Day Charter School. Ms. Easton is the proud mother of two daughters and an even prouder grandmother.