WHY I'M RUNNING
THE PARADOX WE LIVE IN​
Massachusetts is ranked the number one state in the country. Number one in education. Number one in healthcare. A global leader in innovation, research, and clean energy. We should be proud of that. And we should be asking a harder question: if we're so good at building institutions that work, why are so many families being squeezed out of the communities they built those institutions in?
Housing costs are crushing people before they can get started. Healthcare is unaffordable even for people with coverage. Young people are leaving because they can't see a path to staying. And federal actions are now making everything harder: immigration enforcement targeting families and workers, cuts to food assistance, housing support, and healthcare subsidies, and threats to the NIH research funding and offshore wind investments that anchor our innovation economy.
The challenges at home and the threats from Washington are both real. Meeting both will require the same thing: fresh thinking, strong coalitions, and a willingness to push Beacon Hill to do better. That's what I'm running to bring.
WHAT THIS DISTRICT NEEDS
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Senator Pat Jehlen has been a genuine champion for this district and a force for justice on Beacon Hill for over two decades. I've learned from her, and her approach, keeping an open door, listening to every voice, working across differences, never losing sight of why we're here, represents the standard this district deserves.
But honoring that legacy also means being willing to ask hard questions about what hasn't worked and what needs to change. Beacon Hill has operated the same way for a long time. Seniority drives too much. Transparency is an afterthought. Good ideas stall because they don't have the right sponsor or the right moment. And the gap between our values as Democrats and the lived experience of families in this district keeps growing.
This district needs someone who thinks in systems and sees how housing affordability, workforce development, climate policy, education, and economic opportunity connect to each other. It needs someone who builds coalitions across business, labor, nonprofits, and government, not just inside the building. It needs someone with a track record of delivering results, not just advocating for them. And it needs someone with enough distance from Beacon Hill culture to see clearly what needs to change, and enough experience navigating complex systems to actually change it.
WHAT I BRING
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I'm running because I've spent my career doing exactly what this moment requires, and doing it outside of Beacon Hill.
I know how to build coalitions that deliver results. Whether making college more affordable through the Board of Higher Education, organizing hundreds of tech companies around immigration and social justice, or building the Net Zero Institute community of corporate sustainability leaders, I bring people together to accomplish what no single stakeholder could do alone.
I understand economic systems from the inside. I know how jobs get created, how innovation happens, how workforce pathways work, and how to align the business case with doing the right thing on climate, immigration, and opportunity.
I've opened doors through policy at the state level. I know how to navigate complex systems to expand access, and I've done it on financial aid, clean energy, and tech workforce development.
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And I bring something the other candidates in this race simply cannot: a fresh perspective on Beacon Hill itself. I'm not part of the political establishment. I've spent my career building things that work outside of it, and asking why Beacon Hill can't do the same. That distance isn't a liability. It's exactly what this moment needs.