As an Apple Ballot endorsed candidate and HCPSS parent, fully funding our schools is my absolute top priority. To meet educational mandates and support our aging population through the ‘silver tsunami,’ we must strategically expand our commercial tax base. I propose treating smart redevelopment as a fiscal imperative. By prioritizing resilient equitable placemaking and fulfilling the promise of the Downtown Columbia Plan, we transform underutilized properties into vibrant economic engines.

Absolutely. Our median home price exceeds $500,000, threatening our diverse community fabric. We cannot subsidize our way out; we must thoughtfully build our way out. Drawing on my executive success architecting landmark land use policy, I will champion zoning law modernization to legalize missing middle housing by right. We must require strong inclusionary zoning, fix fee-in-lieu, and align HoCo By Design with real infrastructure so educators & other essential workers can afford to live here.

As someone who cared for a father with Lewy body dementia while raising my daughters, I understand this care crisis intimately. For eldercare, I strongly support legalizing detached accessory dwelling units to empower seniors to age in place or comfortably with house caregivers. For childcare, I will fight to fully implement the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and utilize capital budgets to expand early childhood facilities so high quality care is accessible to every single working family.

I fully support Climate Forward. We must aggressively accelerate the solarization of public buildings and mandate green infrastructure. By advancing the Route 29 Bus Rapid Transit, we will drastically reduce emissions, connect our workforce, and forge a relentlessly sustainable future for our children. As Immediate Past President of the Howard County Conservancy, I view the climate crisis as an existential challenge demanding moral courage. We cannot afford to fall behind. We cannot delay.

Local government is the absolute frontline defense for our civil liberties. As an immigrant, attorney & Vice-Chair of the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights, I believe our county must actively protect marginalized groups and dismantle systemic inequities. We must ensure local ordinances fiercely defend our freedoms and voting access. Furthermore, our county agencies must never act as federal immigration proxies, ensuring Howard County remains a truly empowering sanctuary for all residents.

Howard County is fortunate to have a top tier police department, but public safety requires authentic community trust. I served as the inaugural Executive Director of the Anne Arundel County Office of Police Accountability. As tragic incidents like Patuxent Commons show us, we must invest in continued Crisis Intervention Team training for community members and sworn officers. By funding behavioral health responders, police can focus on violent crime while we address systemic root causes.