Currently holds the office of Hagerstown City Council until December 31, 2024.
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Maryland 6th Congressional District in 2024 Maryland Primary Election.
View your personalized ballot, check your voter registration, make a plan to vote, and research every name and measure on the ballot with BallotReady.
Get StartedCodify Roe v. Wade into federal law with the Women's Health Protection Act to reestablish access to safe, legal abortions nationwide. Learn more
Guaranteeing the Right to Control Our Bodies by codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law, protecting reproductive healthcare workers, and more. Learn more
Protecting the hard-fought right to vote by restoring the Voting Rights Act, ensuring automatic voter registration, and ending voter suppression tactics. Learn more
Pass the Equal Rights Amendment to enshrine women’s rights into national law. Learn more
Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to ensure equal pay for equal work, end retaliations against workers for simply sharing how much they make, and provide women with the tools they need to better negotiate their wages. Learn more
Expanding programs for re-entry mediation that allow individuals preparing for release from prison to interface with family members and others so that they may heal wounds, address lingering conflicts, and prepare for the future. Learn more
Continuing acknowledgment that racial justice issues permeate nearly every other priority area in politics, especially considering that marginalized communities are often the most affected by our system's shortcomings. Learn more
Ensure the continuation and full funding of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) while working to intensify the bill’s preventative and survivor-focused measures. Learn more
Balancing the needs of law enforcement with the imperative that the communities they serve feel heard and understood, not overpoliced and under-protected. Learn more
Promote STEM education for girls, providing scholarships and programs to encourage their participation in science and technology fields. Learn more
Fund upgrades and expansion of existing transportation and energy infrastructure to meet the demands of a future clean energy economy, including rural power grids and EV stations. Learn more
Support, protect, and expand the extent of climate-focused measures in major legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act, which has already had a significant impact on emissions, the restoration of ecosystems, energy efficiency, and sustainable agriculture all while continuing to create thousands of jobs and ensuring environmental justice to communities who have faced the worst of the damage from climate change so far. Learn more
Working to achieve a 50% reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Learn more
Addressing the crisis of gun violence by adopting common-sense measures like universal background checks and safe gun storage laws that reduce the chance of firearms getting into the wrong hands while protecting the rights of responsible owners. Learn more
Reinstating the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act to ban assault weapons nationwide as they were from 1994-2004, greatly improving public safety, keeping law enforcement officers out of harms way, and reducing the likelihood of mass shootings. Learn more
Catch up with the rest of the world by establishing a universal healthcare system that guarantees access to quality, affordable care and ends the chokehold that private insurance companies have on public health. Learn more
Catching up with the rest of the world by establishing a universal healthcare system like Medicare for All that guarantees access to quality, affordable care and ends the chokehold that private insurance companies have on public health. This should include primary and preventive care, prescription drugs, emergency and long-term care, mental health services, vision, and dental care. Learn more
Ensuring that crumbling American infrastructure and eroding community services are restored while securing new, ecologically sustainable development for the future. Learn more
Fighting for the minimum wage to be indexed to inflation. Learn more
Requiring merging companies to honor existing union contracts. Learn more
Pass the Family And Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act to catch up with global standards of paid leave and guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for time off due to conditions such as pregnancy, childbirth recovery, caring for a seriously ill family member, shifting arrangements due to domestic abuse or a family member’s military deployment, and more. Learn more
View your personalized ballot, check your voter registration, make a plan to vote, and research every name and measure on the ballot with BallotReady.