Master’s-level social worker, nonprofit CEO, and former DFPS state office staff. Served five years on the DFPS Council, LBJ Women’s Campaign School graduate with lived and policy experience.
The Legislature should fully fund public education, update the school finance formula, and ensure resources are equitably distributed across districts. This includes competitive teacher pay, mental health supports, early childhood education, modern facilities, and accountability systems that address disparities so all students can succeed regardless of zip code.
The Legislature should strengthen grid reliability through strong oversight, modernization, and long-term planning. Texas should invest in a diverse energy mix, support energy efficiency, and improve infrastructure resilience. Protecting air, water, and land while keeping energy affordable is essential for families, businesses, and long-term economic stability across the state.
The state should promote public health by expanding access to affordable, preventive, and mental healthcare. The Legislature should strengthen the healthcare workforce, support community-based care, improve maternal and behavioral health services, and reduce cost barriers so Texans can access care when and where they need it.
Texas should ensure elections are secure, fair, and accessible. The Legislature should protect voting rights by expanding access to early voting and vote-by-mail, ensuring adequate polling locations and staffing, improving voter education, and maintaining transparent election administration for all eligible voters.
Qualification: 76,000+ consecutive votes; 1,500+ bills, more than any legislator in Texas history; B.S., M.A., PhD, UT-Austin; former teacher, businesswoman, & award-winning communication specialist.
Texas should define education as a right, not a privilege, from early childhood through higher ed, making it accessible, accountable, affordable & excellent; fully/equitably fund public schools; expand flexibility to meet local needs & disparities; support libraries, technology, special ed, mental health, & broadband access; & pay all educators significantly better to recruit/retain excellence.
Legislators must ensure energy is accessible, reliable, affordable, sustainable & environmentally protective; highest users pay fair share of infrastructure costs, respect environment; balance economic development with concerns; modernize electric grid; create more reliable/resilient systems; expand battery storage; close regulatory gaps; incentivize wind & solar energy; & raise efficiency goals.
The state must ensure healthcare is a right, not a privilege, & is accessible, accountable, affordable, available & excellent for all Texans, including low-income families & rural residents. Options include telemedicine, mobile medical units, incentives for medical providers/facilities in rural & low-income areas & Medicaid expansion. Eliminating waiting lists for critical services is imperative.
Texas laws should be changed to protect voting rights & accessibility for eligible voters by making it easier to vote, especially by mail, drive-by, more sites & longer hours/periods; modernizing election administration; expanding voter access, especially for persons with disabilities; evaluating & perhaps reconsidering impact of controversial bills; and establishing a Redistricting Commission.
