“I’m not running for Congress out of ambition. I’m running because I’ve seen enough inaction from politicians and real change requires leadership from everyday people willing to act.”
Here’s my story.
I was raised by a single, hardworking mother. Watching her work two jobs to give me a decent life, as a working-class kid, taught me something early on: hard work doesn’t always pay off. The world doesn’t automatically get better just because someone is doing everything right. At the same time, she taught me not to accept things simply because they’re familiar or treated as normal. That combination shaped how I see the world and why I’ve spent much of my life asking hard questions about complex systems and the stories we tell ourselves about how they work. My answer is simple: hard work should lead to a better life, but the system has to make that possible.
I work as a data engineer, which means I spend my time confronting unfamiliar systems, understanding how they actually function, and figuring out how to make them work toward clear outcomes. The job is fundamentally about problem-solving, understanding constraints, and setting goals before choosing tools or tactics. And that’s how I want to approach public service. The House doesn’t need more rhetoric, it needs people who can understand complicated systems, ask the right questions, and work deliberately toward concrete goals. I have those goals, and I intend to pursue them.