MY VALUES

Family

I am a husband, father and a grandfather and those roles shape everything about why I'm running.

My son Blake is 15. When I think about the kind of community I want him to grow up in, affordable, fair, full of opportunity. it clarifies exactly what I'm fighting for at the State House.

My grandson is 3 years old and the absolute apple of his Papa's eye. When I think about the world he's going to inherit, the cost of housing, the state of our schools, the availability of healthcare, it makes this campaign feel urgent in a way that no political argument ever could.

I'm running for them. And for every family in Ward 9 that wants the same thing I want for mine, a community where the people you love can afford to stay, to thrive, and to build something real.

Integrity

Of all the values I hold, integrity is the one I return to most.

Integrity means doing the right thing even when nobody is watching. Even when it costs you something. Even when the easier path is right there.

I learned what integrity looks like, and what it looks like when it's missing, through 13 years of working directly with families in crisis. I saw what happens when people in positions of power cut corners, make promises they don't keep, or put their own interests ahead of the people they're supposed to serve.

I also saw what happens when someone in that position chooses integrity instead. How one honest, consistent, trustworthy person can change the trajectory of a family's life.

That experience shaped me more than anything else in my professional life. And it's why integrity isn't just a word on a campaign website for me, it's the standard I've tried to live by every day since.

When I walk into the State House I am walking in for you. Not for a party. Not for a donor. Not for a political future. For the working families, seniors, renters, and small business owners of Ward 9 who deserve someone in that room they can trust completely.

Transparency

I believe you deserve to know exactly who you're voting for.

Not a polished version. Not a carefully managed image. The real person , with real experiences, real struggles, and a real commitment to this community.

That's why I talk openly about where I've been. I’ve been homeless, I've lived in public housing. I've worried about making rent. I've built a business from the ground up while figuring out how to keep the lights on. I'm not sharing those things for sympathy. I'm sharing them because transparency starts with telling the truth about who you are, and I think Ward 9 deserves that from the person asking for their vote.

As your State Representative I will be transparent about how I vote, why I vote that way, and who I am fighting for in every decision I make. No hidden agendas. No backroom deals. Just honest representation.

Accountability

Accountability means answering for your actions, even when it's uncomfortable.

I spent 13 years working in human services as a social worker and case manager. In that work I saw every day what it looks like when systems fail to be accountable to the people they're supposed to serve. I watched families fall through the cracks not because nobody cared but because nobody was willing to be honest about what wasn't working.

I also learned what accountability looks like when it's done right. When a caseworker shows up consistently. When an organization admits a mistake and fixes it. When a system actually does what it promised.

That's the standard I hold myself to. And it's the standard I will hold the State House to on behalf of Ward 9.

If I make a mistake I will own it. If I vote on something that affects your life I will explain why. If I say I'm going to fight for something I will fight for it and I will report back to you on what happened.

That's what accountability looks like. And it starts here.

The Human Piece

After 13 years working in human services I burned out. Anyone who has worked in that field knows what I mean. You give everything you have to people in crisis, day after day, case after case, and eventually the weight of it catches up with you.

I stepped away. I built a business. I found a different way to contribute.

But what I couldn't leave behind, and didn't want to, was what I call the human piece. The understanding that behind every policy decision, every budget line, every piece of legislation is a real person whose life will be affected. A family trying to stay housed. A senior trying to afford their medication. A young person trying to see a future for themselves in the community where they grew up.

I carried that understanding out of human services and into everything I've done since. Into how I run my business. Into how I show up in this community. And now into this campaign.

Policy isn't abstract to me. People aren't statistics. Ward 9 isn't a district on a map, it's my home and the home of people I care about. That's the lens through which I will approach every single decision I make as your State Representative.