Dignity and Affordability for Everyone in Medford & Somerville
I've been the kid government failed.
I grew up experiencing homelessness and food insecurity. I went without medical care, dental care, and mental healthcare — not because it wasn't available, but because the systems that were supposed to help us didn't reach us.
School was my safe place. For a lot of kids, it's the only one they have.
That's not acceptable. And it's not inevitable.
The failures I lived through weren't accidents. They were the result of choices — policy choices, budget choices, priority choices made by people who had never stood where I stood.
I'm running for State House because that has to change. Not eventually. Now.
What I'm fighting for
The same things every kid deserves:
A home. Food on the table. A doctor when you're sick.
Schools that are safe, funded, and ready to catch the kids who are falling.
Mental healthcare treated like the crisis it is — not an afterthought.
I've been that kid. Every child deserves better — and I'll make sure they get it.
What's at Stake
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Affordable childcare and universal pre-K aren't luxuries — they're the foundation everything else is built on. When parents can't afford childcare, they can't work. When kids miss early education, they start school behind. I'll fight to make high-quality childcare and pre-K available to every family in Medford and Somerville.
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We need Medicare for All. Health, housing, and education are the same crisis wearing different faces. Guaranteeing healthcare to every person in this Commonwealth makes our schools stronger, our communities more stable, and our kids more likely to thrive. Healthcare is a human right — and the connective tissue holding everything else together.
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Cities and towns should have the power to protect affordable housing, limit rent increases, and build more housing — fast. The state needs to give communities the tools to do that and tear down the barriers built by special interests who see housing as nothing more than a way to get rich.
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ICE enforcement is terrifying our families right now. Children are coming to school frightened — if they come at all. Parents are afraid to drop their kids off. This is happening in Medford and Somerville. The state must do far more to protect our immigrant neighbors and keep every school what it should be: the safest place in a child's life.
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Somerville and Medford are being shortchanged — getting hold-harmless minimum increases year after year while our schools and services fall behind. The local aid formula is broken. Our cities generate real economic activity for this state, and we deserve a fair return. I'll fight every single day on Beacon Hill to fix it.