I’ve spent my career building coalitions and restoring natural spaces in the heart of urban Los Angeles. I’ve listened to thousands of residents and translated their voices into tangible projects that promote climate resilience, economic vitality, and community pride. As Environmental Equity Officer for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, I’ve seen firsthand how transformative nature-based solutions can be—especially when we make underserved communities a priority.

We need to direct meaningful funding toward climate resilience before we hit our 2030 climate “point of no return”. For every dollar we fail to spend today, Californians will pay six to ten times more in emergency response, infrastructure failure, and public health crises. We must address the state’s most pressing environmental issues and ensure that every community—especially those historically underserved—has clean air, access to green space, and a voice in shaping climate and environmental policy.

The US has consistently undergone foreign and military invention. From the Middle East to Cuba, and it has proven to be consistently harmful. 

That said, I support the full liberation of Palestine as a self sovereign state free from the occupation of Israel. Both Palestinians and Israelis have the right to self-determination and the right to live in a sovereign state. Occupation never creates solutions; but on the contrary creates humanitarian issues. A solution that ends in self-governance should ensure peace, security, and a two-state solution.

Our campaign is one that is rooted in our local communities; we do not take any contributions from any PACs that advocate for foreign governments, corporate PACs or engage in unethical practices. I am proud of our campaign powered by over 600 individual donations. We are truly the campaign powered by people, for the community.