I’m a feminist public health professor that has spent her life fighting for the underdog in Maine’s communities. No one recruited me to run for office; I’m running for U.S. Senate because I know what Mainers need and right now, I don’t see those needs being met by our current leadership or candidates.

I’m the daughter of a Marine and was married to an Army medic during his wartime deployment to Afghanistan. I’m a product of Maine’s public schools and stayed here to get my masters’ degree in public health because my goal has always been to serve the community. I’m a teacher, an advocate, and a public health expert looking to make a difference.

I’m the only candidate in this race that’s an elected union leader—I’m a chapter president with MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 where I represent adjunct professors at all of Maine’s Community Colleges. As chapter president, I recently helped our members secure 4% annual raises from management. Before that, I was elected as the youngest president in the history of Mabel Wadsworth Center (a local health center providing abortion care) where I championed their expansion of services to include care for trans folks and people of all genders. Mabel Wadsworth Center is the only private, not-for-profit, free-standing feminist health center in Maine.

I’ve spent decades working in education and municipal health, experience that sets me apart from the other candidates in this race. I’m a proven leader and community advocate that has put in the work, so you can trust that I’m going to keep fighting for you in the U.S. Senate.