Candidate for New Mexico State Senate - District 19 in 2020 New Mexico General Election.
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Get StartedOur veterans and military families deserve access to timely, effective, and comprehensive healthcare, regardless of where they live. With only one VA hospital in the state, we must provide options such as telemedicine to bring the best medical care to rural and underserved communities. Tricare must widen their network of primary care practitioners to ensure military families receive high-quality medical care as well. Learn more
A more diversified economy that includes value-added jobs in the trades, hospitality, manufacturing, finance, entertainment, and rural medical services is healthier than one dependent upon resource extraction. Learn more
Recent changes such as raising teacher’s salaries, hiring more full-time teachers, and working collaboratively with all stakeholders to replace the student assessment exams are a step in the right direction. Further efforts to decrease class size and hire more highly-qualified teachers are still needed. Learn more
Climate change is destabilizing our environment and we must take immediate action to adapt to its effects and mitigate its causes. Retaining rainwater; recharging our aquifers; and improving the health of our soil to reduce run-off, evaporation, and erosion will lessen the severity of drought. Making our landscape and forests fire resistant will reduce the risk and severity of fire. Learn more
As New Mexico transitions from fossil fuels to renewables, workers have an opportunity to transition to solar and wind energy jobs. Large scale exploitation of these new energy sources will be in predominantly rural areas and local residents should benefit directly through training, jobs, and revenue reinvestment in the local areas. Learn more
Transitioning away from fossil fuel to renewable wind and solar power benefits our environment, workers, community, and economy. It decreases carbon dioxide and methane pollution, conserves water, and mitigates global warming. Learn more
In New Mexico, we have a year-long mandated economic impact study for our state’s own proposal for public healthcare- the New Mexico Health Security Act. This fiscal analysis will help New Mexico determine whether this public program will be more economical and a better value for taxpayers than programs that go through the private sector. Learn more
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes obvious there is not only a need, but a benefit to us all, for universal health care in the United States. When communities have access to affordable health care, people are healthier, more productive, and more financially secure. Learn more
Investment in our infrastructure spurs economic development that enables us to thrive economically. New Mexico’s economy has unlimited potential, but right now, much of its profit flows out of state. Learn more
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