As the wife of a Vietnam veteran who suffered from PTSD and bipolar disorder, the single mother of two remarkable and resilient daughters, and the first woman to break the glass ceiling and serve as Chief Operations Officer at a San Francisco financial services firm, I bring the experience of managing through life’s toughest challenges all while continuing to move forward and get things done. A graduate of Sonoma State and the proud mother of two high schoolers, I ask for your vote to represent you in Congress. I am running for office because of the recent abortion bans and attacks on reproductive freedom. We need more women at the table when making laws about reproductive rights. Women are 51% of the U.S. population, yet only 25% of U.S. Congress. We need affordable housing, and to address our mental health and homeless crisis. My husband lost his battle with mental illness in 2018. Mental health problems, whether hereditary, addiction, or PTSD from serving our country, is a significant issue plaguing our community. As your representative, I will fight against laws that marginalize the underrepresented. I will act to address the ongoing attacks on African Americans, and LGBTQIA+ rights, and the horrific treatment of immigrants at the border. I will fight to create reasonable gun control laws and move climate change to the top of the priority list. Please join me in this fight for equality by honoring me with your vote.

I am running for congress to help all people. Poor people, people of color and LGBTQ people. I know that we must protect the environment now. 

I believe in a government that works together for the greater good of all people. Our Founding Fathers set up our Constitution to provide for us to form a more perfect union, not to divide us. Sadly, political parties, campaign finance laws, and lobbyists have made it a government by the corporations for the corporations. It's time that the people demand that our democracy is restored and bring the power back to the people. 

Likewise, we need to invest in our future, which means making sure we make laws that protect our environment. We need to provide for our young by giving every citizen an equal opportunity to education without mounds of debt. We need healthcare that will no bankrupt our elderly and sick. 

We need to end chronic homelessness and provide more workforce housing for the people that make up all the systems that we count on.

Lastly, we need to restore hope, pride and a cooperative spirit for every American.