Occupation / Current Position
State Representative
Education
Bachelor's of Science in microbiology
Qualifications and Experience
I have been serving as State Representative since 2018. During that time, I championed legislation around reproductive freedom, civil rights, and environmental protection.
We have made historic investments in our education system, but those investments will have been wasted if we abandon them now. We need to once again use an equitable funding model that directs dollars where they are most needed. Additionally, increased focus on literacy programs and at-risk students is crucial. We must also ensure that educators are treated like the professionals they are, and paid accordingly, as this will help retain the people who can provide the greatest benefit to our students. Lastly, funding free universal breakfast and lunch permanently is a commonsense step to set students up for success.
Helping Michiganders cut costs is crucial right now. I took part in a bill package to phase in the property tax pop up over three years while ensuring tax revenue was backfilled by taxing secondary homes worth over $1 million. This policy would also apply to renters, helping to decrease burdens on them as well. I have also supported legislation to lower health care and pharmaceutical costs through tools such as drug pricing transparency and copay accumulators. I have also worked to prevent corporations from taking advantage of consumers via price gouging and dynamic pricing.
I was a lead sponsor of the 2023 Clean Energy and Jobs Act. Clean, renewable energy is some of the cheapest available, and it is critical that we continue to invest in it. However, there is increased work to be done regarding transparency and affordability when it comes to our utility rates. Setting caps on profit margins for utilities is one solution. Requiring that reliability be a determinant in approving rate increases is another.
Due process is a crucial right for us all, citizens and undocumented populations alike, and must be protected at all costs. I have introduced and supported legislation to limit the use of the National Guard by federal administrations against Michiganders, to prohibit federal agents from hiding their faces or identities, and to codify, at the state level, federal rights in the First and Fourth Amendments that the current administration is attempting to trample. This would provide courts with another level of recourse to block unlawful federal actions.
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