COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Dorothy Matinale is currently the president of the Douglas Manor Chamber of Commerce and helped start the chamber. She participates in local events in Douglas Manor including: the Douglaston arts festival, the Turkey Trot, the Holiday tree lighting and caroling, the mega yard sale and Douglaston Community Day. She also volunteers at her two sonss schools, the School for Language and Communication Development in Woodside and Holy Cross High School in Bayside.
PERSONAL: Matinale has been married to her husband Lou, for 24 years. She has three children, Mark, 16, Andrew, 13 and Dorothy-Ann, 12.
OCCUPATION: Matinale has a Masters in Elementary Education and taught for 11 years. Currently she is a licensed real estate broker and has had her own office for nine years.
BIGGEST CHALLENGE: “Trying to balance everything in life. Between being a good mother and wife, keeping up with my job and giving back to my community it gets a little stressful at times but I always seem to manage it all.”
FAVORITE MEMORY: “The day I adopted each of my children.”
INSPIRATION: “My mother – she was always involved in the community. She taught me to give back and now I do the same, as I hope my own children would.” – Georgia Panagi
