Nearly every person in Oakland County feels the added weight of costs skyrocketing. It’s never been more difficult to afford a home, to provide food for our families, and to find a high paying secure career.
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Firstly, we must support our families by offering subsidies for childcare, programs to re-incorporate members of our family to the workforce, access to professional development and grant opportunities for advancement.
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We not only have to build homes to fit our ever changing demographics, but we have to expand access to state subsidies and programs for first-time homebuyers and for renter assistance. Homeownership is the cornerstone for building wealth and stability.
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We will leverage governmental programs to assist with rising energy costs. No Michigander deserves to have their heat shut off.
I’m running to stand with every family and future family, to strengthen how our state supports public education. If we want to provide a world-class education for our students, we must be willing to learn from success by looking at proven models from other states and around the world and applying what works here at home.
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I advocate for decreasing class sizes and examining issues from the grassroots level. We have to listen to our teachers, principals, superintendents, policy makers, and our families in order to create policies that give our districts flexibility to address their unique situations. That way we make sure that our system is properly funded in an equitable way and our stakeholders are supported.
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There’s an estimated $22 billion needed for fixing the crumbling infrastructure in our schools. We’re starting to fix the damn roads, but we need to fix the damn schools. Michigan is one of three states not receiving federal grant money; we need to expand access to grants for infrastructure.
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We experience an immense amount of brain drain, not only from our students post graduation but from highly qualified teachers leaving the profession. We must invest in Michiganders, who decide to become teachers through professional development, education grants, and then support them from their first year in the classroom until retirement.
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Millages alone and individual income tax are not enough to fully fund our schools. I support New tax brackets for large corporations to pay their fair share and take the weight off of our community members shoulders.
That goes for Reproductive Freedom as well. Health care must be kept at an affordable level where enrollment is up and families and individuals are adequately protected. We know that preventative care is the best way to decrease health care costs in the long run.
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I pledge to champion the MICare Act to reform health care, provide universal access, eliminate deductibles, co-pays and premiums, funded through state appropriations and federal funding. This act will establish a state board to oversee benefits.
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I will work to insure fair compensation for our health care workers with a system that supports patients and medical professionals alike.
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Health care should not be a choice over any other necessity. Michiganders cannot be worried about breaking the bank after every doctor’s visit or procedure.
I will champion environmental justice and protections for our beautiful state. Our finite resources are not a power grab or profit share for corporations.
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Hold large corporations accountable for their carbon footprint. They must clean up the air and water that they pollute.
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Work tirelessly to create clean energy jobs and training to strengthen our workforce and help transition workers to clean tech industries.
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Make our current environmental impacts reflective on a clean and sustainable tomorrow.
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I support: "MI Solar For All" , "Access MI Solar" and "REAP" We must provide incentives and financing opportunities that help create accessible solar energy to decrease reliance on large utility companies, and promote renewable energy practices.
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I support Utility - Shutoff Moratoriums and just compensation to consumers who have lost service due to outages for greater than 24 hours, in a timely manner.
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I support Polluter pay laws such as SB 385-393, corporations must pay/ fund clean up efforts for their burden on our environment, not tax payers.
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I Support SB 246-47 and Governor Whitmer's 2026 Budget that would raise tipping fees to $5 per ton in an effort to curb waste imports into Michigan landfills and refortify efforts for environmental clean up and recycling.
I commit to a robust grassroots fundraising campaign that builds community transparency and ensures our communities' voices are represented. We deserve to know who is funding our politicians. I have endorsed MMOP (Michiganders for Money out of Politics). We also deserve to know that candidates are not taking money from special interests. If I’m not building this campaign on individual dollars and donors from our neighbors in District 6, then I have no business being elected.
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The power of unions rests in their collective bargaining and support for one another. I firmly stand against “Free Riders” and believe every union worker should contribute their fair share of dues and/or service fees as a condition of their employment. This in turn promotes stronger financial stability and bargaining leverage.
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I stand with prevailing wages. Every union member deserves union level wages and benefits. We must prevent undercutting by non-union contractors, ensure unions maintain their market share and organize new shops.
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We are only as strong as the people that make up our organizations. We need better access to mental health services and healthcare.
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Enhanced workplace Standards must continue past 2026. ESTA and PTO combined with increases to minimum wage will continue to attract high caliber talent to the Union trades.
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Increased Road Funding / Infrastructure.
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Subsidies for Child Care to Support our Young Families.
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PBMs: prescription rebates, discounts to manage & lower costs.
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I support pre-apprenticeship programs and strengthening our curriculum to promote critical thinking skills and a focus on the trades as professional, viable and sustainable career paths.
We must plan for how technological advances will impact our younger generations and set a firm foundation for them to prosper in the future. I will hold large companies and tech firms accountable with stringent transparency safeguards and reporting standards. Under my leadership we will not allow large corporations to circumvent our justice system and jeopardize our future for their profit. We will create economic development opportunities based on long term planning, future forward industries, investing in our people and communities and providing the infrastructure to support changing systems.