I earned a BA in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas and an MEd from the University of Houston. I taught for nearly a decade, raised my children full-time, and co-founded a small business with my husband that celebrates its 6th anniversary this May—even surviving Covid. These experiences taught me the most important skill for Congress: listening. Listening is how we understand real challenges and find real solutions.
I’m focused on affordability, opportunity, and education—lowering healthcare costs by fixing incentives while protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA; reducing housing costs by building more homes and modernizing financing; expanding the SBA to invest in local entrepreneurs; and strengthening early intervention and career training, so every student leaves school with a clear path forward. These are the concerns most often highlighted by my fellow community members.
We can lower healthcare costs by fixing broken incentives—pushing decision-making back to doctors and patients, creating a universal coding system to cut errors and overhead, and modernizing patents to boost competition in drug manufacturing. Expanding access to preventive care is essential to lowering long-term costs, saving lives, and improving quality of life.
Congress was meant by the Founding Fathers to be the strongest branch of our Federal Government because it answers directly to the people. For decades, it has surrendered that power to the executive branch—never more so than this year. Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority to stop reckless trade wars that raise prices and weaken alliances, end war crimes in waters off South America, and hold federal officials accountable when they break the law.
Our immigration system needs a top-to-bottom overhaul. We must modernize and expand work visas to meet business needs, protect both foreign and American workers, and grow our economy. We also need a clear, fair path to citizenship for those who qualify—and firm, humane enforcement that respects dignity and due process as the Constitution demands for everyone in U.S. custody.
With AI driving a surge in energy demand, we must act fast. Green energy—solar and wind—is the most efficient and cost-effective solution. I’ll work with local utilities to expand residential solar; grow the SBA to support wind and solar farms; and fund research into safe, innovative energy production to meet tomorrow’s needs while protecting our planet.
To protect our democracy and restore faith in our institutions, Congress must codify norms we’ve long assumed: ensure an impartial DOJ, set Supreme Court ethics, and limit pardon power. Most importantly, Congress must hold its members and other officials accountable to the law, and voters must demand action against corruption and lawlessness.
As a lifelong San Antonian, I bring nearly two decades of public service in law enforcement with the Bexar County Sheriff's office. As a SWAT crisis negotiator, I learned to lead with calm and compassion in high-pressure situations. This moment needs leaders who can navigate a crisis with discipline and a no-labels approach – when we take a call at the Sheriff’s office we don’t ask if that house is a Democratic or Republican house, we just go to help a family in crisis.
My top priorities are affordability, law and order, and education. I am committed to lowering everyday costs for working families and rewarding hard work. With my law enforcement background, I know how important it is to support our public safety officials through accountability and community trust. Finally, as a product of perennially under-funded public schools, I believe every child deserves a world-class education regardless of their ZIP code.
No family should choose between their health and financial stability. I support strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid, and lowering the costs of prescription drugs. My goal is to ensure every person in our community has access to high-quality, affordable care and that medical debt does not hold families back.
Congress’ role in maintaining checks and balances is foundational to protecting the rule of law. My career in law enforcement has centered on transparency and accountability, and I believe our duty is to protect the Constitution and hold the government accountable to the people. We must model leadership that takes needed steps to reduce division in our country and I will fight for policies that put Texans first over partisanship and executive overreach.
I support a bipartisan approach to comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security and enforcement, a fair pathway to legal status or citizenship, and a visa and guest worker system that protects our local workforce and our economy.
I support an "all of the above" energy strategy to ensure reliability and affordability. Having seen the impact of extreme weather firsthand, I will invest in resilient infrastructure to protect families. I also aim to repeal disincentives on renewable energy sources while protecting Texas manufacturing jobs. This balanced approach ensures we address the climate crisis as a public safety issue while maintaining economic stability.
We are at a critical moment in protecting our Democratic institutions. We must take steps to protect and expand voting access through early voting, vote-by-mail, and automatic registration while protecting the legitimacy of our elections. Protecting access to the ballot and restoring community trust is essential to moving our democracy forward.
I’m a single mom of three, a liberation-based family therapist, and a housing justice organizer with years of experience translating community needs into policy demands. I’ve led campaigns, built coalitions, and worked across systems to deliver real results. I understand how institutions function and fail, and I bring ethics, accountability, and lived experience into governance and public decision-making.
My top priorities are: 1, restoring democratic accountability, empowering people through participatory governance so communities shape decisions and resources; 2, ensuring the economy works for people, not profiteers, making housing, healthcare, energy, and food affordable; and 3, enforcing strict oversight of public spending so tax dollars serve communities, not millionaires, billionaires, or crony networks that hijack government and block economic justice.
Guarantee quality, accessible public healthcare alongside private options that compete on care, not exploitation. Remove all profit incentives that drive higher costs, over-treatment, or denial of care across hospitals, clinics, and administration. Invest in grassroots community-based clinics, include dental and vision as basic healthcare, and decentralize health data to protect privacy and serve patients and communities, not profit-driven systems.
Congress must reclaim its constitutional authority to maintain checks and balances by enforcing oversight, limiting executive overreach, and holding agencies accountable. This includes guiding the budget, conducting thorough investigations, and ensuring laws are implemented with integrity, not twisted by corporate, private, or administrative interests. Congress must protect democracy and return power to the people it serves.
Immigration reform must center human rights, dignity, and due process, addressing real harms of human trafficking by corrupt officials and criminal networks. Border policy should protect communities along the border, uphold constitutional and international human rights, and provide a clear path to legal status to prevent exploitation. ICE will be held accountable for the harm, terror, and abuses they’ve caused. What we allow to happen to the most vulnerable sets the standard for us all.
Congress must ensure reliable, affordable energy while protecting essential resources, especially water and local ecosystems. Communities should have clear authority to reject high-water or high-energy developments, like large data centers, that threaten their environment or well-being. Energy policy must prioritize sustainability, public control, and long-term resource protection, not override local decision-making for speculative or superficial economic development.
Democracy doesn’t work when money buys access and influence. Congress must build a participatory democracy by 1. kicking billionaires and corporate interests out of policy, and 2. putting power back in people’s hands-- letting communities shape decisions, monitor spending, and hold officials accountable. This is how we build resilient communities that can withstand any change in leadership. I'm not running to play by rules written for the rich; I'm running to put people, not profit, in charge.
Since enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps at 17, I have served on the front lines of public service. I deployed to Iraq at the start of the Global War on Terrorism as a military intelligence analyst, developing rigorous research and analytical skills. After service, I earned political science degrees at San Antonio College and UTSA and continued serving in federal leadership roles, including as a Presidential Biden appointee, at the U.S. Small Business Administration, and on Capitol Hill.
My top priorities are affordability, small business growth, and supporting veterans. I will work to lower the cost of living by protecting family budgets, expanding affordable housing, reducing unnecessary cost drivers, and raising the minimum wage to a living wage. I will support small businesses and entrepreneurs to create jobs and grow the middle class. I will also fight to prevent veteran suicide and homelessness by fully supporting VA and mental health services.
America should guarantee affordable health care for every family, Texas has one of the highest uninsured rates in the country. Congress should make Affordable Care Act subsidies permanent, close the Medicaid coverage gap, and invest in community and rural health clinics, including VA services. I support a public option to expand choice and allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs. These steps would expand coverage, reduce premiums, and prevent medical debt.
Congress is a co equal branch of government with a constitutional duty to check abuses of power. It must actively use oversight, legislation, and appropriations to hold the executive accountable, enforce laws as written, and protect the independence of federal agencies. Congress must actively defend its oversight authority and protect the rule of law. As a veteran, I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a party, and I will work to restore balance and accountability in government.
We need to unmask ICE by ensuring immigration enforcement is transparent, lawful, and accountable to the Constitution. I support comprehensive immigration reform that modernizes legal pathways, strengthens worker visa programs, and protects due process in the asylum system. Enforcement should focus on traffickers and criminal networks, not families and workers contributing to our economy.
Texas is a major energy producer, and those jobs matter. I support an all of the above energy strategy that keeps energy reliable and affordable while expanding renewables like wind and solar. Congress should work with energy producers to improve safety, environmental standards, and efficiency, while investing in infrastructure and grid reliability to protect families from rising electricity costs.
Congress must restore faith in democracy by reducing the influence of money in politics, strengthening campaign finance laws, increasing transparency, and addressing the damage caused by Citizens United. Congress must also do its job by legislating, conducting real oversight, and upholding the Constitution so no individual or institution is above the law. Finally, Congress must ensure government power is exercised lawfully and that no individual or institution is above the Constitution.
