Previous Offices Held
First time running for office
Top Three Priorities
Increasing affordability across the board for Mainers, improving our education and healthcare systems, and protecting our environment and natural resources.
Why are you running?
I have spent my life advocating and fighting for people both personally and professionally. I want to take my talents to the state level and help more people than I am able to now. I want to be a voice for all, especially for those who feel like they don’t have a voice. I want to empower our community and our state to be its best.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
Maine is on the right track in creating policies and providing gap funding to protect our rights for reproductive healthcare, LGBTQIA+ communities and our children, despite them being taken away on a federal level. Maine needs to do more work to address affordability and to create pathways for the low-income and homeless populations to become successful and self-sufficient.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
My job as a representative is to listen to constituents and to be there however I can. Going to Augusta and voting on law is only a fraction of the job. Being an advocate and a voice of the people is a 24/7 responsibility that I look forward to. It is important to have open and honest discussions with people who agree and disagree with you, to make a true difference.
Surveys show the economy is the top concern of voters. What is a specific proposal addressing Maine voters’ economic anxieties that you’d work to make law?
In Maine, affordability across the board is an issue. What I hear most is people concerned about keeping a roof over their heads. I would support laws that will increase housing opportunities and lower the individual tax burdens of property owners, especially those on fixed incomes, such as our elderly populations.