Raamitha Pillay is an educator and an activist. She was born and grew up in apartheid South Africa and has lived and worked as an educator in the North Country for 30 years. Growing up in apartheid activated her activist spirit; she rebelled against a system designed to suppress her and was the first female of color in South Africa to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering. Much of the Poor People's Campaign work resonates with her, and she has been organizing here in the north country since 2018. She is a NYSPPC trichair.