Diego Tomas Arene Morley
Independent · RI · Board Chair, Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School
Diego Tomas Arene-Morley is a teacher and clinical social worker in Elmwood who chairs the board of Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School. He wants to expand bilingual public education, housing density and ownership, low-cost solar power, and mental health and addiction services.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Was endorsed by the Providence Streets Coalition, a street-safety and transit group, for Providence City Council Ward 9.
August 5, 2026
Source: pvdstreets.org
As a social worker, went with a client from Ecuador to court in Providence and filmed plainclothes immigration officers detaining her afterward. His video spread widely on Instagram.
August 11, 2025
Source: rhodeislandcurrent.com
Served as board chair of Nuestro Mundo Public Charter School, a Spanish-English bilingual school in Providence. He spoke publicly about the school's gains on state tests.
October 25, 2024
Source: golocalprov.com
Worked as a teacher, school social worker, and peer recovery specialist in Providence, Pawtucket, and Central Falls, according to his 2022 candidate profile.
November 5, 2022
Source: golocalprov.com
As president of Brown University Students for Sensible Drug Policy, spoke at a Brown forum on taxing and regulating marijuana. He said more African American men were in prison, jail, probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850. PolitiFact rated the claim True.
November 18, 2014
Source: politifact.com
Past race Diego Tomas Arene Morley ran in:
- City Council Member Ward 9 · November 3, 2026 · Providence city, Rhode Island