My Story
Homegrown, Locally Committed
I’m proud to be a lifelong Atlantic County resident, still living in the same home I grew up in. I attended Northfield schools, graduated from Mainland Regional High School, and through hard work, student loans and multiple jobs, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. I could have built my future anywhere, but I chose to come home. For more than 30 years, I worked in retail management with brands like Victoria’s Secret, Gap, Talbots, and Apple, leading teams, training colleagues, and delivering results in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. My career taught me the value of integrity, teamwork, and listening; skills that are just as critical in public service as they are in business.
Family, Resilience, and Advocacy
Family has always been my foundation. As a single mother of two, including a child with significant mental health challenges, I’ve fought for the support my family needed. When my mother developed dementia, I left retail to become her full-time caregiver. It was a hard call financially, but I’ve always believed people come first. I’ve spent hours coordinating care, sitting in emergency rooms, and fighting for every service my loved ones deserved; struggles too many NJ CD-2 families know well. These experiences taught me to cut through red tape, push for solutions, and never give up. I’m running for Congress to bring that same fight to Washington and serve our district like family.
My Priorities
Put More Money in Your Pocket & Support Local Jobs
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
- Raise the minimum wage to a living wage tied to inflation, ensuring workers earn enough to meet the cost of living with automatic increases.
- Expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit by restoring and making permanent the 2021 expansion that cut child poverty nearly in half.
- Close billionaire and corporate tax loopholes by e
- Raise the minimum wage to a living wage tied to inflation, ensuring workers earn enough to meet the cost of living with automatic increases.
- Expand the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit by restoring and making permanent the 2021 expansion that cut child poverty nearly in half.
- Close billionaire and corporate tax loopholes by ending special deductions for private jets, offshore tax havens, and corporate real estate write-offs, raising billions to directly invest in programs that support working families in NJ CD-2.
- Support small businesses, family farms, and local jobs by directing federal grants and low-interest loans to Main Street, not Wall Street.
- Require corporations investing in South Jersey to be responsible partners by providing living wages, strong benefits, and environmentally sound practices.
- Build partnerships between local government, businesses, and workforce programs to create stable, quality jobs.
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
- Establish comprehensive, affordable healthcare coverage for all, funded by progressive taxation, including a surtax on incomes above $1,000,000 and closing tax loopholes for corporations and wealthy individuals, to cover doctor visits, dental, vision, hearing, mental health, and prescriptions.
- Lower prescription drug prices by letting Med
- Establish comprehensive, affordable healthcare coverage for all, funded by progressive taxation, including a surtax on incomes above $1,000,000 and closing tax loopholes for corporations and wealthy individuals, to cover doctor visits, dental, vision, hearing, mental health, and prescriptions.
- Lower prescription drug prices by letting Medicare negotiate and banning pay-to-delay deals that block cheaper generics.
- Protect people with pre-existing conditions by strengthening and enforcing the Affordable Care Act.
- Expand access to telehealth services to improve care in rural and underserved areas.
- Support integration of mental health and substance use treatment into primary care for more holistic, accessible care.
- Promote price transparency to help patients avoid surprise medical bills and make informed choices.
Advance Clean Energy & Build Good-Paying Jobs
Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible for Our Communities
Advance Clean Energy & Build Good-Paying Jobs
- Launch a Renewable Energy Program, funded by community infrastructure bonds and federal clean energy grants, to train local workers for clean energy and coastal resiliency projects.
- Develop clean wind energy projects with strong environmental oversight and meaningful community input, supported by scientific research, to safeguard tourism
- Launch a Renewable Energy Program, funded by community infrastructure bonds and federal clean energy grants, to train local workers for clean energy and coastal resiliency projects.
- Develop clean wind energy projects with strong environmental oversight and meaningful community input, supported by scientific research, to safeguard tourism, wildlife, and local livelihoods.
- Explore safe, clean energy options like small modular nuclear reactors as part of a balanced, carbon-free energy future with reliable power and a smaller footprint.
- Work with federal and local partners to secure Army Corps of Engineers funding through the Water Resources Development Act and budget priorities for flood barriers, beach replenishment, marsh restoration, and drainage upgrades.
- Strengthen laws to hold polluters financially accountable for environmental damage, including requiring corporations to fully fund cleanup costs and pay meaningful penalties for violations, ensuring taxpayer dollars are not used for corporate negligence.
Make South Jersey Affordable & Protect Our Communities
Keep Our Communities Safe & Build a Future for Our Kids
Make South Jersey Affordable & Protect Our Communities
- Build more affordable housing by increasing federal funds funded through reallocating unused military budgets and leveraging HUD resources to prioritize local workers and families.
- Prevent evictions by expanding emergency rental assistance and funding housing-first homeless prevention programs.
- Guarantee paid family leave and childcare thr
- Build more affordable housing by increasing federal funds funded through reallocating unused military budgets and leveraging HUD resources to prioritize local workers and families.
- Prevent evictions by expanding emergency rental assistance and funding housing-first homeless prevention programs.
- Guarantee paid family leave and childcare through a national program funded by a modest payroll tax split between employers and employees, ensuring affordable support for working families.
- Create a fair and compassionate path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, DACA recipients, and essential workers.
- End private immigration detention and invest in community-based alternatives that respect human dignity.
Protect Democracy & Support Seniors and Veterans
Keep Our Communities Safe & Build a Future for Our Kids
Make South Jersey Affordable & Protect Our Communities
- Ban corporate PACs and dark money by passing the DISCLOSE Act and increasing campaign finance transparency.
- End gerrymandering and protect voting rights through the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
- Fully fund Social Security by raising the payroll tax cap so millionaires pay their fair share.
- Expand access to quality, a
- Ban corporate PACs and dark money by passing the DISCLOSE Act and increasing campaign finance transparency.
- End gerrymandering and protect voting rights through the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
- Fully fund Social Security by raising the payroll tax cap so millionaires pay their fair share.
- Expand access to quality, affordable long-term care funded by increased Medicaid reimbursement rates and federal eldercare grants, so seniors can age with dignity in their homes and communities.
- End veteran homelessness by fully funding VA housing-first programs and streamlining benefits.
- Increase mental health services and job training for veterans to support their well-being and successful transition to civilian life.
- Enact term limits for Congress to prevent career politicians from holding power too long and to bring new ideas and perspectives to Washington.
- Strengthen ethics rules and enforcement to root out corruption, close loopholes, and ensure elected officials serve the public interest — not special interests.
- Ban stock trading by government officials to end insider trading, prevent conflicts of interest, and rebuild faith in our democracy.
Keep Our Communities Safe & Build a Future for Our Kids
Keep Our Communities Safe & Build a Future for Our Kids
Keep Our Communities Safe & Build a Future for Our Kids
- Enact universal background checks and red flag laws supported by bipartisan reforms proven to reduce gun deaths.
- Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines with a modernized federal ban.
- Fund community safety programs by reallocating portions of federal law enforcement budgets to provide grants supporting mental health response teams
- Enact universal background checks and red flag laws supported by bipartisan reforms proven to reduce gun deaths.
- Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines with a modernized federal ban.
- Fund community safety programs by reallocating portions of federal law enforcement budgets to provide grants supporting mental health response teams and neighborhood violence prevention.
- Fully fund public schools by increasing Title I and IDEA funding for low-income and special education students.
- Cancel student debt and expand tuition-free college and trade school funded by a small Wall Street transaction tax of just 0.1% on stock trades, which could raise tens of billions annually to make higher education affordable and accessible for all.
- Launch a Youth Climate Corps creating thousands of jobs restoring wetlands, cultivating community gardens, and supporting renewable infrastructure projects in NJ CD-2.
Out and About with Friends and Family
Celebrating Thanksgiving with Katie & John.
Brenda, Garrett, Mom, and I at Mom's retirement party, celebrating over 50 years in nursing. (2017)
Speaking with local business owner @themushroomsage at the Brigantine Farmer's Market.
Walking with the Northfield Democrats at the Fourth of July Parade.
Speaking at the No Kings Rally in Atlantic City.
Stand-Up Paddleboard yoga in Lakes Bay. (2017)
Enjoying homemade blueberry ice cream from Custard Hut in Somers Point.
Northfield National Night Out with Democratic Councilwoman candidate, Stephany Mazzone.
Supporting Atlantic County Commissioner At-Large Candidate, Dr. Victoria Dolceamore, with NJ Assembly Candidates, Maureen Rowan and Joanne Famularo.
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