About Rory
My wife and I are doing what many residents in the district are doing. We are raising our children, volunteering in their schools, and maintaining contact with teachers and school officials. Our family belongs to Neighborhood United Methodist Church in Maywood, IL.
Rory Hoskins is 40 years old and has been married to Monique for 14 years. They have four children. The Hoskins are licensed foster parents (by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services), and are in the process of adopting a baby boy.
Monique Hoskins has taught Spanish in the public schools for 12 years. For the last five years, she’s taught seventh and eighth grade students at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park. Their oldest son, Robert recently began 9th grade at Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. Their daughter, Jasmine, is a seventh grade student at Forest Park Middle School and is a member of the school band, its basketball team, and its National Junior Honor Society. Their son Jesse is in the 4th grade at Grant-White Elementary School in Forest Park, and plays soccer. Monique Hoskins is a member of the Illinois Education Association.
Rory Hoskins is full-time law student at Loyola University Chicago and a part-time faculty in Loyola’s School of Social Work‘s masters degree program. He will graduate from the law school in May 2012. Prior to law school, Hoskins worked in economic development holding both public sector and private sector jobs. From 2006-2009, Rory worked in a tax consulting role at KPMG. Hoskins has a master’s degree in social work from Loyola (1999), and he holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin (1992).
Hoskins’ work at KPMG included advising clients on tax credits and other economic incentives, site selection, and negotiating terms for economic incentive agreements with state and local units of government. Hoskins has worked on projects in every region of the continental United States, Europe, and Asia. Hoskins was directly recruited by KPMG after six years of employment at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).
At DCEO, Hoskins specialized in tax credits and incentives from 2004 to 2006. DCEO was formerly known as the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA). At DCCA, he was assigned to the Small Business Development Center programs where Hoskins worked in Chicago neighborhoods/communities including Logan Square, Pilsen/Little Village, Back of the Yards, Uptown, Chinatown, Englewood, and Auburn-Gresham. His small business advocacy regularly included trips to Rockford, Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, and to several south and west suburban communities.
Hoskins began his Chicago career in 1994 when he was hired as a caseworker to help children and families who were involved in our state’s foster care system. After working in foster family settings for three years, Hoskins accepted a position as Health and Disability Administrator in a Head Start program.
Youth programs are important to Hoskins. He is a coach in the Forest Park Youth Soccer Association, and is working with the Park District and the local school district to establish a Teen Center in Forest Park. He hosts an annual Family Pool Party for the children and families in Forest Park and surrounding communities. Hoskins’ volunteerism extends beyond Forest Park. He has volunteered and continues to volunteer in a variety of settings including Special Olympics, Mikva’s Challenge, and Voices for Illinois Children.
As a youth, Hoskins participated in a variety of sports. He was captain of his high school’s soccer team and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. During college, he covered some expenses by working as a legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives (25 hrs per week). Also during this time, he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon do.
Hoskins moved to Chicago in 1994, without ever having set foot in Chicago, to work with foster children. He was told that many of the children needed positive role models. Within two years of the move, he had the good fortune of meeting Monique and starting a family.
