Bringing Common Sense to Frankfort
I’ve spent my career helping Louisville’s kids and families—from the classroom to the School Board to the Department of Education—and I’ve watched as elected politicians in the General Assembly have over and over again failed to do what’s best for Kentucky families.
I believe that Kentuckians deserve leadership in Frankfort with the courage to take on the problems facing our Commonwealth. Right now, costs are rising for Kentucky families and politicians in Washington are making life harder by stripping funding away from our public schools, cutting off food assistance for those who need it, and creating a healthcare crisis. Monthly insurance premiums are skyrocketing for thousands of families and 200,000 Kentuckians are expected to lose access to Medicaid in a year. Costs are on the rise, and families are being squeezed on all sides. We need leaders in Frankfort who will meet these challenges head on instead of putting partisanship over doing right by Kentuckians.
I understand the challenges Louisville families face because I face them too. My husband and I are raising our two daughters in an economy where the basics get more expensive every year. My husband Rusty has diabetes, meaning I understand what it’s like to need healthcare on a regular basis and how devastating it would be to our family to lose access to care. Like so many young mothers, I made the hard decision to put my career on hold for years because childcare costs added up to more than half of every paycheck. As the primary caregiver for my 95-year-old grandmother, I know both the frustrations of our modern healthcare system and how much worse things will get under federal cuts. After 16 years teaching U.S. History in our public schools, I know what the General Assembly should be doing to support our public school teachers and students—not trying to break up the school district or send public school dollars to private schools.
I’m running for state Senate because we need a leader who understands the challenges that Louisvillians face every day, and who will work with Gov. Beshear to address them.