The North Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House of Representatives consists of 120 members who serve a term of two years. Each member represents an average of 87,116 residents *, as of the 2020 Census . The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the Senate President pro-tem. The Speaker is elected by the members from their membership for a two-year term. The Speaker’s duties include maintaining order in the House and appointing members to the House standing committees.The North Carolina General Assembly, of which the House is a part, is to convene a new regular session every two years, and the dates for these sessions are set by law. The NC legislature makes decisions on the budget: taxes, tax credits, economic development, education funding, Pre-K, the courts, Medicaid, etc. It also passes laws that set environmental standards such as water and air quality, tax rates, tax credits, criminal justice. Legislators in both chambers serve two-year terms without term limits. Sessions begin at noon on the third Wednesday after the second Monday in January.* https://ballotpedia.org/Population_represented_by_state_legislators
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HR Assistant
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I bring experience as a mother, Army veteran, healthcare worker, HR assistant, and community organizer. Serving eight years in the Army taught me discipline, teamwork, accountability, and how to solve problems under pressure. My work in healthcare and with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities showed me how policies affect families who are already stretched thin. As a mother raising two children in Columbus County, I know what our schools, healthcare system, and local economy mean to working families. I will bring that experience to Raleigh and make sure our communities are heard.
My priority will be making North Carolina work for the people who keep our communities running: working families, teachers, healthcare workers, farmers, small-business owners, and veterans. That means investing in strong public schools, protecting access to affordable healthcare, and creating an economy where working a full-time job provides a path to stability. I will also fight for rural communities that are too often overlooked when state resources are distributed. Southeastern North Carolina deserves a representative who listens, shows up, and brings our concerns to Raleigh.
North Carolina should fully fund a sound, basic education for every child, regardless of their ZIP code. The Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan provides a detailed roadmap for improving educator pay, recruiting and retaining teachers, supporting students with additional needs, and making school funding more predictable. In the coming year, I will prioritize competitive teacher pay, classroom resources, school support staff, and investments in rural schools. We should strengthen our public schools rather than diverting public dollars from the schools serving the majority of North Carolina children.
Tax policy should support working families and small businesses while making sure North Carolina has the resources to provide essential services. I support a tax system that asks people and corporations to contribute fairly and does not balance the budget by shifting costs onto families who can least afford them. We need reliable funding for public schools, healthcare, infrastructure, disaster recovery, and local communities. I also support reducing the tax burden on working people, including protecting the first $45,000 of income from state income taxes, while making sure we can still invest in the services our communities depend on.
I would focus on the factors that make communities safer before a crisis happens: access to healthcare and mental-health services, support for victims of domestic violence, effective emergency response, and well-trained, adequately staffed law enforcement and first responders. Rural communities also need reliable 911 and emergency medical services. I would support policies that keep dangerous individuals from obtaining firearms while respecting the rights of responsible, law-abiding gun owners. Safety also means making sure children have safe schools and that families have the resources they need to prevent problems from becoming emergencies.
I am running because I believe the people of Columbus and Robeson counties deserve a representative who will listen to them and fight for them. I have seen what happens when working people feel like their concerns are not being heard. After my community and I repeatedly tried to meet with our current representative and received no response, people in my community encouraged me to run myself.
I am not a career politician. I am a mother, an Army veteran, a healthcare worker, and a neighbor who knows what it means to stretch a paycheck and make sure your family has what it needs. I am running to bring that perspective to Raleigh and focus on the things that affect our everyday lives: good schools, affordable healthcare, decent wages, safer communities, and an economy that works for the people who work hardest to keep North Carolina moving.
