I am the daughter
of two school bus drivers who instilled in me the importance of getting a good
public education. They told me that a good education was the door to
opportunity.
What motivates me to seek election is
the same thing that motivated me years ago when I first began this
journey.
I think about all the good work our union does. I think about my parents
and the fact that union membership was not an option for them at the time
they were employed. I think about how their lives may have been different
if they have been able to join a union.
No doubt their salaries would have
been better and they wouldn't have had to live paycheck to paycheck. No
doubt they would have had better health care and would not have had to spend
the majority of their hard-earned salaries on prescription medications. No
doubt, they would have been able to retire comfortably instead of me, their
daughter, having to supplement their social security income so that they could
live with dignity in their older age.
When I see the good that our
union does to make our members' lives better, whether through our
advocacy, social justice, or professional work, it motivates me to do what I
do. I want to be part of making the lives of our members, and therefore the
students in this country, better.
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