About Vivian Viloria-Fisher

Welcome to the homepage for Vivian Viloria-Fisher’s campaign for Suffolk County Legislator.

In January 1999, Vivian Viloria-Fisher became the Honorable Legislator Viloria-Fisher after winning a special election for the 5th District in Suffolk County. That year, Vivian made history winning with the widest margin ever in a special election. Currently, serves as the Deputy Presiding Officer of the 18-person Suffolk County Legislature, as well as Vice Chair of the Legislature’s Ad Hoc Committee on Affordable Housing. Additionally, she is an active member of the Environment, Planning and Agriculture and the Public Works and Public Transportation Committees.

As a veteran of the Legislature, Vivian has been a leader in protecting our natural environment and our outstanding quality of life. Open space, quality of life, affordable workforce housing have been her top priorities. Her devotion to these causes is evident in the list of her legislative accomplishments, which include:

  • sponsoring the landmark $75 Million bond referendum to preserve farmland and open space and to purchase land for hamlet parks
  • a ban on the chemical additive MTBE
  • establishment of the Agricultural Environmental Management Task Force, which examined pesticide usage in Suffolk County
  • substantive amendments to the County’s Affordable Housing Program
  • creating the Welfare to Work Advisory Commission
  • preservation of Detmer Farm and the Historic Sherwood-Jayne Farmstead
  • the post of Suffolk County Poet Laureate.

Vivian attended Hunter College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She later earned a Master of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. After more than 30 years of teaching English and Spanish, both in the Middle Country and Three Village School Districts, she retired from this rewarding career. During her tenure, she served as Chair of the Foreign Language Department at Ward Melville High School. Recognizing that teaching is a lifelong vocation and is not constrained by a fixed career, Vivian has continued her involvement in the education and student community, both within the schools in her district and within Suffolk County Community College.

Vivian was born in the Dominican Republic and immigrated to New York with her family as an infant. Vivian is married to Stuart Fisher and has five children: Donna, Chris, Marc, Daniel, and Stefanie.