Dewitt Anthony Love is a native Chicagoan. He was raised in Chicago’s West Chatham neighborhood, located on the city’s south side.
He is a graduate of Lindblom Technical High School. After graduating high school, Mr. Love spent a year at Livingston College in Salisbury, North Carolina before transferring and joining his older brother at Morehouse College where Mr. Love earned a degree in English. Mr. Love holds two Masters, one in Curriculum and Instruction and another in Educational Administration; both degrees were earned at Concordia University, River Forest.
In the fall of 1992, Mr. Love joined Chicago Public Schools as an elementary school teacher. He taught elementary school from 1992 to 2004. In the fall of 2004, Mr. Love began teaching high school English, first at Al Raby High School and then Westinghouse College Prep High School. In the winter of 2019 Mr. Love transitioned to being an administrator with Chicago Public Schools.
Mr. Love believes in doing authentic community service projects and does community service work through his church, college alumni chapter, and with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Mr. Love is married and they are raising an amazing five-year old daughter.