Currently holds the office of Vermont State Senate - Chittenden Central District until January 8, 2025.
Candidate for Vermont State Senate - Chittenden Central District in 2024 Vermont General Election.
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Get StartedThe choices an individual makes about their body should not be the business of federal, state, or local government. I support full reproductive autonomy and was proud to vote in favor of Proposition 5 to amend the VT state constitution to guarantee the right to reproductive freedom. Learn more
Supporting ending cash bail and fair sentencing laws, ending the practice of utilizing private and out of state prisons, implementing safeguards to rectify the disproportionately high incarceration of marginalized communities and building community supports to keep those charged with non-violent crimes out of prison and expunging all cannabis violation in light of the legal status of recreational cannabis use. Learn more
Education is expensive during the pre-K and college years. We must build on the landmark childcare bill of 2023 to ensure all Vermonters have access to safe, affordable childcare and college. Our economy cannot work without working parents having reliable and affordable child care. Our early educators also deserve to be paid professional wages. As a young professional, I personally experience the crushing economic burden of college debt. Vermont continues to rank near the bottom of all states in what it invests in our Vermont State Colleges. Plus, we must think creatively for ways to relieve the debt for all college graduates including exploring loan forgiveness options within the power of the state (ex: loan forgiveness programs for those who go into education or public service). Learn more
We must ensure that our transition to renewable clean energy is responsive to the climate crisis we are facing and that it is grounded in justice and is not built on the backs of those who are struggling to get by. I support a Green Mountain New Deal that would focus on an expedient and just transition in collaboration with trade unions and working Vermonters and reparation to those harmed by environmental racism. Learn more
We must create alternatives to fossil fuels that are affordable for all and leave more money in the pockets of those who need it most. We also should use these needed changes to invest in our workforce and build high paying new jobs right here in Vermont that would incentivize young people to stay and work in Vermont. Learn more
The United States is woefully behind every other industrialized country when it comes to providing healthcare to its citizens. A single-payer system creates a fair and just method for providing health coverage to everyone regardless of their ability to pay, age, or quality of health. Health care is a human right. Learn more
Solving our housing crisis takes more than building more housing. It requires a multi-pronged solution that includes increasing housing supply, supporting affordable housing development into perpetuity by using models like Champlain Housing Trust, and European models of social housing. We need to invest in our shrinking middle class with higher wages and more buying options so that all Vermonters who wish to are able to buy houses to create their own financial security. Learn more
We need a progressive tax system to pay for education. The current system relies too much upon property taxes and does not require the highest earning taxpayers to pay their fair share. Public Assets Institute’s work through the Vermont Education Equity Project points to a fair and transparent way to fund education. I would support such an approach in the name of simplifying our system and asking all Vermonters to contribute their fair share towards one of our best assets – our public schools. Learn more
We must stop offering tax money to new fossil fuel infrastructure and we should tax all new fossil fuel infrastructure and reinvest this money into our communities being hit hardest by the climate crisis and injustice. Learn more
I will support an even stronger minimum wage than was passed in the 2020 legislative session. The current minimum wage of 13.67/hour is nowhere near enough for working Vermonters to meet their basic needs. We need to do better, sooner. Increasing wages for working people is a critical part of solving some of our chronic challenges such as affordable housing, safe and affordable child care, reliable transportation and relieving the stress on many low and working-class families. Learn more
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