Training and Experience
My training and experience are rooted in both professional leadership and real-world problem solving. With over 15 years in healthcare and business operations, I have managed complex systems, led cross-functional teams, and delivered results in highly regulated environments. As a licensed Life and Health Insurance Agent in Ohio, I’ve gained firsthand insight into how policies impact individuals and families. In addition, my experience as a business owner has strengthened my ability to lead.
Volunteer/Community Service
I am deeply committed to serving my community through hands-on leadership and advocacy. As a board member of Fostering Hope in Solon, I help guide efforts that provide critical resources and support to children in foster and residential care.
Restoring and maintaining trust in our elections is critical. I support common-sense measures that ensure secure and transparent elections, while also making voting more accessible. That includes clear guidelines around voter identification, efficient processing of absentee ballots, and investments in modern election infrastructure. We can protect the integrity of our elections and expand access at the same time—these priorities should go hand in hand.
Ohio needs a tax system that encourages economic growth while maintaining stability for our communities. I support reforms that provide relief for homeowners and small businesses, while also making sure corporations are contributing fairly. We should look at smart incentives that attract and retain businesses, but not at the expense of public services like education, safety, and infrastructure. Growth and responsibility should go hand in hand.
Addressing the rising cost of living requires a multi-pronged approach. I would prioritize property tax reform, expand access to affordable housing, support childcare affordability initiatives, and work to lower healthcare costs through smarter policy and oversight. Additionally, investing in workforce development and supporting small businesses will help increase wages and economic mobility. We need to tackle both the cost side and the income side to create lasting relief.
As someone who has been deeply involved in education through both my professional work and as a parent and childcare center owner, I understand how critical strong educational systems are for our families and communities. My priority is to ensure our K–12 schools are fully funded, our teachers are supported, and our students have access to the resources they need to succeed—including mental health support. I also strongly support expanding access to universal pre-K, because early childhood education lays the foundation for lifelong success and helps close opportunity gaps before they begin. For higher education, I want to expand affordability and strengthen career pathways so students can pursue college or workforce training without financial barriers.
I believe reducing hyperpartisanship starts with leadership that is willing to listen, collaborate, and stay focused on results—not rhetoric. I would prioritize building relationships across the aisle, finding common ground on issues that matter to our communities, and approaching policy with a problem-solving mindset. Civility comes from respect, and I’m committed to leading with professionalism and a focus on what brings people together, not what divides us.
Training and Experience
Entrepreneur and business strategist with more than 25 years of experience building and leading consulting businesses. Founder and CEO of CCP Enterprises, where I help entrepreneurs, consultants, and small businesses start, grow, and scale their organizations. Nationally recognized small business advocate who has worked with leaders at the local, state, and federal level on policies that support entrepreneurship, economic growth, and access to opportunity.
Volunteer/Community Service
Board Member, JumpStart Inc.; Chair, JumpStart Impact Committee; Board Member, National Small Business Association; Board and Executive Committee Member, Greater Cleveland Partnership; Former Chair, Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)
Ohio should ensure that our elections are both secure and accessible. Protecting the integrity of the vote is essential, but we must also avoid placing unnecessary barriers in the way of eligible voters. Policies that make registration or voting more complicated for seniors, working families, women whose legal documents may not match their current names, or underserved communities can unintentionally prevent eligible citizens from participating. If someone is a lawful voter, the process should be clear and straightforward. I support strong safeguards, well-run elections, and expanded voter education so that every eligible Ohioan can confidently register, vote, and have their vote counted.
Ohio’s tax policy should be fair, transparent, and supportive of economic growth. As a business owner who has worked with entrepreneurs and employers across our state, I’ve seen how complex tax structures and rising property taxes can strain both families and small businesses. I believe Ohio should review its tax system to ensure it is balanced, sustainable, and not placing disproportionate burdens on homeowners or working families. Thoughtful reform should simplify the system, support small business growth, and ensure the state can responsibly fund priorities like education, infrastructure, and public safety.
Families across Ohio are feeling the pressure of rising costs, from housing and property taxes to childcare, healthcare, and everyday expenses. Addressing this challenge requires both economic growth and smart policy decisions. We should support job creation, strengthen workforce development, and remove unnecessary regulatory barriers that drive up costs for businesses and consumers. At the same time, we must examine policies that contribute to rising housing and property costs. Helping Ohioans earn strong incomes while maintaining a reasonable cost of living should be a central priority for state government.
Education is essential to Ohio’s long-term success. For K-12 education, we must ensure schools have the resources they need while maintaining strong accountability and supporting teachers in the classroom. Students should graduate with the skills necessary for college, careers, and civic life. For higher education and workforce training, we should expand pathways that connect students to high-demand careers, including apprenticeships, technical education, and partnerships between employers and schools. Ohio’s education system should prepare students for opportunity while keeping education accessible and affordable.
Ohioans expect leaders to solve problems, not deepen divisions. Reducing hyperpartisanship begins with focusing on issues that affect everyday life and working collaboratively to find practical solutions. I believe in listening to people with different perspectives, building relationships across party lines, and keeping conversations grounded in facts and respect. Transparency, accountability, and a willingness to work with others are essential. Our communities are strongest when leaders prioritize results and the public good over partisan conflict.
Training and Experience
Administrative Organizer, SEIU 1199, 2021-present
As State Representative, I will work to make voting more accessible here in Ohio. First, we must prevent passage of more restrictive voter ID laws, such as the SAVE Act (OH SB 153/HB 233), and reinstate the "grace period" by which voters must return mail-in ballots. Second, I will work to expand the places and means by which someone can register and vote. I will seek to implement automatic voter registration (registering individuals to vote at various government bureaus unless they request otherwise), universal vote-by-mail (automatically mailing a mail-in ballot to every voter), same-day voter registration (allowing voters to register to vote or update their registration even on Election Day), and expanding the locations of dropboxes available for voters to return their ballots.
We need to use our state dollars to fund community resources so that municipalities and counties do not have to rely on property tax to fund the services from which most of us benefit. As we work towards that goal, we need to provide immediate relief to vulnerable and long-term homeowners. I support expanding the Homestead Exemption (increasing the amount of home value that can be exempt from taxation, and raising the income limit an individual may have to qualify), establishing an exemption for those who have owned their home long-term, and implementing a "circuit breaker" (providing credit to homeowners whose tax exceeds a certain percentage of their income). Further, we must maintain reasonable income and sales tax, ensuring that each of us pays our "fair share", no less and no more.
As a dedicated advocate for working people, I see firsthand the challenges many Ohioans are facing. First and foremost, we must establish a plan to raise the minimum wage to $20 per hour, while also ensuring small businesses have the support and resources needed to meet this requirement. Secondly, we must attract businesses and companies here, which includes investing in workforce development. Finally, we must provide families with necessary support: incentivizing employers to provide paid maternity and paternity leave to their employees, and expanding options for affordable childcare, including through creative options such as the new Child Care Cred Program. As State Representative, I will work to ensure all Ohio families have the economic opportunity to build they deserve.
Above all, we have to fully fund public schools. We must ensure all public schools have the support and resources they need to provide a quality education to all students. We must reconsider policy initiatives like the Fair School Funding Plan to provide districts with what it actually costs to educate students. We can do so by reducing the $1 billion we are currently providing to the school voucher program each year. Further, we must require alternative schools, including private and charter, receiving school vouchers to be held to the same accountability and transparency standards as our public schools.
As State Representative, I will serve with integrity and an open mind. In my day-to-day role with SEIU, I represent individuals in disputes and negotiations with their employer. I frequently have to find a way to work with “the other side” and come to agreement. I know when to stand firm on our values, and when to extend a hand to get something done. I would take the same approach with the other party in Columbus. I am willing and interested in working with anyone; I believe we can come together on matters of mutual concern. Any change we can make, big or small, in the direction of what's best for Ohioans will be my focus.
Training and Experience
Former Councilman, Veteran, Teacher, Unionist, Single Parent, Former Candidate for Ohio State Representative District 8, Community Journalist, Cleveland Indian.
Volunteer/Community Service
Ohio Civil Rights Commission Awardee. Graduate, Mayfield Heights Citizens Police Academy.
I have been an international poll observer and observed elections in several countries. Only in USA, elections are a big issue: [1] no voter outreach and education is done to New Americans, which is a huge vote bank. I had about 80 signatures for my petition but only 34 were accepted - some were not registered voters; handful were from a different party, some had a different signature, others didn't have a complete address. [2] Its good we have literature in Spanish but how about other languages like Punjabi, Gujarati, Armenian, Arabic. [3] none of BOE officers speak a second language. [4] the current system caters to millionaires and billionaires who get their nannies to complete their ballots instead of lining up to vote.
Ohio state tax changes since 2005 cost the state about $20 billion in lost revenue every year. Restore graduated rate based on income.
1] Abolish property taxes for working class homeowners
2] Regulate utility companies
3] Stop Data Centers, lower water and electricity rates
4] Incentives for union-based social enterprises like supermarkets, insurance companies, childcare, kindergartens, healthcare
5] Cost of Living Standing Committee
6] Strengthen consumer protection to fight price gouging
7] 2/3-bedroom low-cost apartments for sale
8] Reform Local Government, eliminate 1 unnecessary layer of local Kings & Queens, 1 layer of wastage and corruption
9] Cap bureaucrats' compensation
10] Non-profits Oversight
11] Encourage good paying manufacturing jobs in medical and pharmaceutical products [we don't even make our own antibiotics!]
As a teacher and having taught at all the three community colleges, I am sorry to say that far too many students are leaving high school without the basic math and reading skills they need to succeed in college, careers and everyday life:
1] 25 years after 9/11, many Americans don't know that I am an American Sikh, not a Muslim. Sikhism and Islam are two different faiths. American Sikhs face a high rate of hate crimes including in schools.
2] Consolidate 611 school districts into 88 districts because 85% of most school districts' budgets go to paying the monstrous salaries, generous healthcare and lifelong pensions of superintendents and other administrators.
3] I went through a year-long school system. We waste critical school time from Memorial to Labor Day school closures.
1] Placing country issues above party issues.
2] As a former councilman, I was able to negotiate above hyperpartisanship and promote civility.
3] Have friendly soccer games between both sides.
4] Organizing joint social events
5] Controlling media sensationalizing divisions
6] Build the social and psychological defenses of the state
