Vicki-Elaine Felder

Vicki-Elaine Felder was elected to the School Board representing District 5 in November 2020. She is known as a wordsmith and orator. She paints the power of words and ideas on the minds and canvas of those who hear her; especially her students. She possesses the versatility to reach for hidden potential found in all of her students. This serves as a testimony of her ability and her commitment as a champion for education.

Vicki-Elaine Felder is a lifelong resident who lives in the beautiful Washington Shores community in Orlando, Florida. She is a masterful teacher who has committed 39 impactful years in the classroom for Orange County Public Schools. Her unwavering service as an educator includes teaching in the subject areas of Drama, Film Study as a Narrative, American Literature, British Literature, and African American Literature respectively. Her teaching assignments included Dr. Phillips High School, Maynard Evans High, Edgewater High, and Valencia College Summer Academic Program for accelerated students from Jones High. Additionally, she has served as an English tutor for students from Edgewater High for the Rollins College Upward Bound Program.

Ms. Felder attended Eccleston and Washington Shores elementary schools, Carver Middle, and the historic Jones High. In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College, and a Master of Arts degree in Speech and Theatre from Kansas State University. She completed post-graduate work in English from the University of Central Florida and completed work in Cinema and Film Study as a Narrative from the TISCH School of the Arts at New York University. In the summer of 2020, she will receive a Master of Arts degree in Christian Ministry from the Bethune-Cookman University School of Religion.