She graduated from Queens College City University of New New York
The family lived in Forest Hills, Queens. They lived for a time in Rockford, Illinois, and then in Chicago. In 1955, they moved to Yonkers, New New York
She entered politics as a Republican, and was an aide to Assemblyman Gordon West. Burrows, and executive director of several Assembly committees, for more than twenty years.
In 1988, Burrows was nominated for the New York Supreme Court, and Cecile Singer was nominated to run for the open Assembly seat. She was a director of the Hudson Valley Bank from 1994 to January 1, 2013.
And has been Principal of the Singer Consulting firm since 1995. She also remained active in community and women"s affairs
She lives in Tuckahoe.
She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1989 to 1994, sitting in the 188th, 189th and 190th New York State Legislatures.