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I will prioritize full funding for public education, advocating for and enacting a moratorium on new charter school approvals until we have greater accountability, transparency, and alignment with community needs.
I will work to repeal Indiana’s abortion ban and restore reproductive freedom, expand Medicaid to include comprehensive postpartum care.
I am committed to ensuring that homelessness is not criminalized. We must address housing instability with compassion and evidence-based solutions by connecting individuals and families to supportive services, safe housing, and pathways to stability rather than punitive systems.
I support funding public schools through a student-centered formula that reflects the real cost of educating students, particularly those who require a special education, English language learners, and students experiencing poverty.
All publicly funded schools, district and charter, must be held to consistent standards for transparency, financial stewardship, and student outcomes. I would advocate for and enact a moratorium on new charter school approvals.
We must invest in the educators who make our schools work every day. This includes continuing to increase teacher compensation to remain competitive, strengthening mentorship and retention programs, and reducing administrative burdens.
I support expanding access to voting. Access to early voting, extending early voting hours, and exploring same-day voter registration so eligible voters are not turned away. We should ensure that polling locations are equitably distributed and accessible, particularly in communities that have historically faced long wait times or limited access.
We need to continue to parter with schools, community organizations, and local leaders to help ensure voters understand their rights, the voting process, and what and who is on the ballot.
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Everyone deserves to live with dignity and full access to public life. I stand firmly against any policies that deny transgender people the opportunity to live safely, openly, and equitably.
Programs like the Mobile Crisis Assistance Team, Clinician-Led Community Response, and Care Connect Indy are designed to ensure that when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, they are met with the right response,not just a law enforcement response.
We should continue investing in and expanding these kinds of programs, so that we have strong mental health services, housing support, and community-based care.
I will accept contributions from individuals, community leaders, and organizations whose values align with building a more equitable and inclusive Indiana. This includes supporters who believe in funding public schools equitably, protecting reproductive freedom, and expanding opportunity for working families.
At the same time, I believe it is important to be clear about where I draw the line. I would decline contributions from organizations whose priorities are fundamentally misaligned with my values and the needs of District 46, including Right to Life, Stand for Children PAC, and RISE PAC.
IPS School Board candidate, I took a nuanced approach to endorsements and engaged with a range of organizations, including RISE and Stand for Children, with a focus on building broad support around shared goals for students and families.
I was the first candidate elected to the IPS School Board to receive endorsements from both Indiana State Teachers Association (IEA/ISTA) and organizations like Stand for Children PAC and RISE, and it reflected a unique ability to build coalitions across different perspectives in service of public education.
My perspective today is grounded in what I have learned in office, listening to families, educators, and community members and in a deep commitment to ensuring that public education remains public.
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Education Fiscal Accountability: Education is 50% of our state budget. As an educator in accreditation and program review, I see the risk in diverting public funds to private vouchers. I prioritize fully funding neighborhood schools and demanding transparency in admissions and outcomes for any entity receiving tax dollars.
Housing & Economic Stability: Stability starts with a home. I support statewide tenant protections and a "housing-first" approach. We must end unchecked corporate subsidies (like data centers) that strain our infrastructure.
Public Health Safety: I prioritize investing in civilian-led crisis response and community-based harm reduction to reduce the burden on police and connect Hoosiers to treatment instead of jail.
As an educator in program review and accreditation, I see the fiscal risk in our "dual system." We must prioritize the 90% of Hoosier students in neighborhood schools with a Public-First funding model. This means increasing resources for students with the highest needs—including special education and poverty—and moving beyond one-time stipends toward sustainable, competitive base pay for teachers.
True accountability requires that any school receiving public tax dollars meets the same transparency standards as our public districts. I support mandatory reporting on admissions, suspensions, and "counseling out" to ensure private entities aren't "cherry-picking" students while public schools do the heavy lifting for every child.
Indiana’s low voter turnout is a policy choice, not a lack of interest. To increase engagement, we must end the gatekeeping that keeps neighbors off the ballot and out of the process. I support an Independent Redistricting Commission to end partisan gerrymandering; voters participate when they know their vote can shift the outcome of a competitive race.
True access requires modernizing our system with No-Excuse Absentee Voting and Same-Day Registration. We must move toward an "open-door" democracy that encourages every position, from local boards to the Statehouse, to be contested and accessible to all, rather than protected by political insiders.
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Discrimination has no place in a functional society. I support updating Indiana’s civil rights laws to explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes in housing, employment, and public accommodations.
Our schools must be centers of learning, not platforms for legislative overreach that targets or "outs" transgender students. These policies prioritize partisan performance over student safety and mental health. Beyond the human cost, state-sanctioned harassment fuels a "brain drain" that makes Indiana less competitive for talent and investment. We must ensure every Hoosier has the fundamental freedom to live, work, and raise a family here without fear of discrimination.
Public safety is a public health requirement. As a private citizen, I worked directly with FOP leaders to champion Clinician-Led Response Teams by helping push bipartisan bills over the line to ensure mental health professionals, not just sirens, respond to crises.
We cannot continue using our jails as the primary providers of mental health and addiction services. It is a "cages" model that is both inhumane and fiscally irresponsible. True accountability means funding "care-first" models that reduce the burden on police so they can focus on serious crime. Safety comes from investing in the root causes of instability (like housing and healthcare) to create stable, supported neighbors.
Also, we must defund ICE.
I answer to my neighbors, not special interests. While some talk about supporting public schools, their campaign ledgers tell a different story. I will not accept contributions from corporate PACs, the fossil fuel industry, foreign lobbying groups like AIPAC, or charter school interests.
In previous cycles, "pro-public" candidates in this district have been funded by the very charter lobbyists trying to drain our schools. I have never taken a dime from charter interests—not from their PACs and not from their individual executives. Accepting this money creates a conflict of interest. By refusing these checkbooks, I remain free to demand the transparency our district deserves. My priority is the people of District 46.
My responses are rooted in 29 years at Indiana University. I am not a career politician; I am a neighbor who has spent decades pushing for solutions from the outside, including launching a successful Narcan overdose program to save lives where our current policies have failed.
I am running because the Statehouse has become a place of partisan performance rather than life-saving action. Whether it is protecting the dignity of LGBTQ+ Hoosiers, defending public education from the drain of vouchers, or refusing the influence of corporate and foreign lobbyists, my priority remains absolute transparency. I believe in a government that answers to people, not special interests. I am ready to bring that independent accountability to District 46.
