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Born: Helena, MT Permanent Residency: Columbia Falls/Flathead Country Occupation: Teacher & Coach (School District Six)
Education: Master of Education Special Education and Spanish/Licensure in Administration (K-12 Principal)
My advocacy for students, families, teachers, parents and community members from all backgrounds and economic situations provides me with the skills to work across the party lines to support policies that solve real problems, strengthen communities, and create lasting, positive outcomes. I bring experience in negotiations, budgeting, personnel decisions, conflict resolution and collaboration, all of which mirror the responsibilities of my role in Helena.
The most important issues I expect to face are public education funding, housing affordability, healthcare and mental health access, and protecting Montana’s natural resources.
I support restructuring property tax laws to sustainably fund public schools without overburdening local taxpayers, while strengthening special education, CTE programs, and teacher recruitment and retention. I strongly support expanding mental health services for our youth. I will prioritize protecting open spaces, clean water, and public land access through responsible stewardship that supports local jobs and keeps decision-making in the hands of Montanans. I will work to protect homeowners and renters from excessive property tax increases.
Key policies to improve economic prospects include lowering health care costs, raising wages, and easing housing pressure, especially in rural areas and fast-growing cities like those in Montana. In health care, expanding ACA subsidies, keeping Medicaid expansion strong, and improving rural hospital funding can reduce premiums and improve access. Prescription drug price negotiation would also lower costs. Wage growth can be supported through apprenticeships in trades, energy, and health care, stronger labor competition, and inflation-adjusted minimum wage policies. Expanding housing supply is now essential in Montana in our high-cost areas to reduce rent and home price pressure.
In short, secure elections and accessible elections are not competing goals. They reinforce each other when built on transparency, verifiability, and broad participation. To reduce the role of money, require timely, detailed reporting of campaign donations and spending, including “dark money” groups where legally possible. The goal is to eliminate hidden political spending so voters can clearly see who is funding campaigns, without restricting lawful political speech.
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