"I’ve Spent My Life Seeking the Truth. Now I’m Fighting for Change."

For more than twenty years, I have proudly called Long Island home.

My husband and I raised our family here, and I am deeply grateful to live in a community filled with hardworking, honest people who care about their neighbors and care about the future.

Garden City, and all of District 19, is a special place. We have strong communities, excellent schools, dedicated first responders, and families who work incredibly hard to build better lives for their children. Those children are our future. Everything we do in government should be measured by one simple question: are we leaving the next generation better off than we found it? That is why I am running.

I am not a career politician. I am a problem solver, a mother, a journalist, and a fighter — someone who believes public service should be about delivering results for people, not protecting political careers.

I earned my degree in Political Science from Columbia University, and I was later selected for an intensive master's program in Global Leadership at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs — chosen alongside a small cohort of just 23 global leaders, diplomats, and policymakers from around the world to study leadership, conflict resolution, and problem-solving across political divisions. That experience, combined with two decades of watching leaders succeed and fail up close in my career overseas, shaped a core belief I carry into this race: the greatest leaders are not the loudest voices in the room — they are the people who can bring others together to actually solve problems.

My greatest education, though, came from spending nearly twenty years as an international journalist and foreign correspondent. I lived throughout Europe and Asia. I reported from war zones. I covered world leaders, economic crises, international summits, and some of the most important events of our generation. I witnessed both the consequences of political division and the power of real leadership to unite people in difficult times.

Those experiences taught me something important: America is still the greatest country in the world. There is no place with our spirit, our freedom, our innovation, or our belief that ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things. But loving your country also means being willing to improve it. When I returned home after years overseas, I saw challenges too many Americans have simply accepted as normal. They shouldn't be.

My commitment to healthcare reform is deeply personal. My husband's work as a network cameraman in conflict zones left him with severe PTSD and lasting health challenges, and for years our family experienced firsthand how difficult it is to navigate America's healthcare and mental health systems. I also saw, living and working abroad, how other healthcare systems give families peace of mind and dignity — without the constant fear that one medical emergency could financially devastate them. Healthcare is not a political issue. It is a human issue, and I will fight for stronger mental health services, better access to care, and a system that puts patients ahead of insurance company bureaucracy.

I am equally passionate about education. I believe we need to get back to basics — more reading, more books, more handwriting, more mental math, more critical thinking, and less dependence on screens and AI in our children's early years. Technology should support learning, not replace it. I also believe in real opportunity for young people who choose a path other than a four-year degree — more apprenticeships, more technical education, more pathways into the skilled trades that Long Island's economy needs.

I strongly support public safety and our law enforcement professionals. Families deserve safe neighborhoods, businesses deserve safe communities, and children deserve safe schools.

Most importantly, I believe our nation must find its way back to unity. For 16 years, this district has been represented by a career politician more focused on protecting his seat, his power, and his perks than delivering results back home. Our district deserves a representative who fights every day to bring resources, investment, and opportunity home to Long Island families.

This is where being a Democrat matters in a very concrete way: Democrats hold the majority in the State Assembly. That means a Democratic representative can sit at the table where funding decisions are actually made and bring real dollars back to AD-19 — for our schools, our roads, our infrastructure, our seniors. A Republican in this seat, no matter how long he's been there, simply cannot do that from the minority. My opponent has represented this district for 16 years without that leverage, and he never will have it. I can, starting on day one.

But my loyalty will never be to a political party — it will always be to the people of AD-19: Democrats, Republicans, independents, every family, every community, represented equally and respectfully. Because at the end of the day, we all want safer communities, better schools, affordable living, quality healthcare, and a brighter future for our children.

I am not a career politician. I am a mother. I am a journalist. I am a fighter. And I am running because I believe our best days are still ahead — if we have the courage to think bigger, act boldly, and work together.

I love Long Island. I love New York. I love America.

Anyone who knows me can attest that I am a fighter who will never give up on what I feel passionate about — we need to get things done urgently, and I can do it. And I would be honored to earn your support.