Dignity and Affordability for Everyone in Medford & Somerville
I grew up experiencing homelessness and food insecurity, without access to basic medical, dental, and mental healthcare. I know firsthand that school can be the only safe place a child has.
I will carry that lived experience into every vote and every conversation at the State House — because I know what it costs when government fails the most vulnerable among us. I intend to make sure it finally works for them.
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As your state rep, I will prioritize
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We need to fix how childcare and early education work in this Commonwealth. Universal pre-K and affordable childcare are not luxuries — they are the foundation of everything else we care about. When parents can't afford childcare, they can't work. When kids don't have access to early education, they start school behind. I will fight to fully fund universal childcare and make high-quality pre-K available to every family in Medford and Somerville.
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We need Medicare for All. Health, housing, and education are inseparable — they're the same crisis wearing different faces. When we guarantee healthcare to every person in this Commonwealth, we don't just make people healthier. We make our schools stronger, our communities more stable, and our kids more likely to thrive. Healthcare is a human right, and it is the connective tissue that holds everything else we care about together.
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Communities know what they need. Cities and towns should have the power to protect affordable housing, rein in rent increases, and build more housing — quickly. The State needs to give us the tools we need and tear down the barriers created by special interests who see housing as nothing more than a way to get rich.
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Let me be direct about what's happening in our schools right now. ICE enforcement actions are terrifying our families. Children are coming to school frightened, distracted, and grieving — if they come at all. Teachers don't know what to say. Parents are afraid to drop their kids off. This is not abstract. This is happening in Medford and Somerville. At the state level, we must do far more to protect our immigrant neighbors and ensure that every school remains what it should be: the safest place in a child's life.
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Somerville and Medford are being shortchanged — receiving hold-harmless minimum increases year after year after year. The way the state distributes local aid is broken, and it's costing us in our schools, our services, and our stability. Our cities generate real economic activity for this state, and we deserve a fair return. I will go to Beacon Hill and fight every single day to fix the funding formula and deliver the resources our communities have earned.