I’m a proud mother, teacher, scientist, and longtime community member running to champion the voices of our neighborhoods if I’m elected to the Assembly. I will fight for our needs if I get elected, prioritizing getting us clean air and clean water so our families can stay healthy, critical infrastructure like equal, accessible public transportation and well-funded schools, and community wellbeing initiatives that keep our homes affordable, our streets safe, and our neighbors housed. 

In addition to a long career as a public school teacher, I’ve been working with our community actively for many years. I helped connect residents to resources during the recent Dominguez channel odor incident, I actively campaigned with youth groups for AB345, I currently work with youth and DSA-LA on green schools initiatives and I also work closely with Better Watts Initiative in Watts. The grassroots support and excited volunteers on my campaign only further demonstrate my commitment to my community. I am qualified because of my organizing experience and my innovative outreach strategies to under-represented communities in my district, as well as my transparent, people-over-profit campaign strategies. I have spent decades organizing in and around this community. In addition to running for Assembly in what was then classified as AD64. I also organize with Watts Rising, an environmental collaborative group. I'm also part of Carson Alliance 4 Truth, a grassroots organization which has fought against the devastating environmental injustice and corruption in Carson for years. I also organize with Communities for a Better Environment, Watts Clean Air, Sunrise Movement LA, and more. I’m a current delegate for AD65 with the California Democratic Party, where I also serve as the Southern California Vice Chair for the Progressive. I’m endorsed by local groups like DSA-Long Beach, DSA-Los Angeles, Chicano Latino Democratic Club of LA County, CBE Action, CEJA Action, Our Revolution Long Beach, Healthcare For All Los Angeles, Ground Game LA, Feel The Bern Los Angeles, Sierra Club, Long Beach Young Democrats, Local 36, and more. I additionally serve as an elected delegate to the California Democratic Party and as the Progressive Caucus’s Vice Chair for Southern California. 

I plan on demonstrating that our community’s needs CAN be met if we just elect someone who will actually champion our voices. This demonstration will help us build the movement for transformative change by directly and proactively involving constituents and exemplifying the prioritization of their needs. Showing community members that there is a better way to engage with the system - a way that actually empowers them - is my goal. I will hold virtual and in-person town halls, conduct door-to-door constituent canvassing to proactively meet them where they’re at, increase government transparency, and regularly liaison with local and state organizing groups to elevate the voices of my constituents. I place people over profit and meet our district where it’s at. That’s why I’ve taken the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, the Homes Guarantee Pledge, I don’t take money from corporate PACs.