Creating Opportunity for Families 

Gresham is a community that has helped me grow, build a career, continue my education, and find opportunities to serve. I have called Gresham home for nearly 20 years, and I am running for City Council because I want to give back and help create those same opportunities for the next generation.

I want Gresham to be a community where people want to live, work, raise a family, and build a future. That means strong neighborhoods, local jobs, safe streets, parks and recreation, thoughtful growth, and opportunities for young people to discover their own path.

My professional career has given me nearly three decades of experience working with infrastructure, construction, engineering, project management, permitting, and local governments. My service on the Gresham Planning Commission and Gresham Redevelopment Advisory Committee has given me another perspective: how the decisions we make today can shape our community for decades.

I am a systems thinker. Housing, transportation, jobs, parks, infrastructure, education, public safety, and the environment do not exist independently of one another. A decision in one area often affects several others. I believe good local government recognizes those connections, plans for the long term, and works collaboratively with residents, businesses, community organizations, and other public agencies.

I also believe opportunity takes many forms. For one young person it may begin in a classroom. For another it may be on a soccer field, through music or art, outdoors, or with the first employer willing to give them a chance. A thriving community creates many different paths for people to discover what they can do and build a life for themselves.

I want Gresham to be a place where those opportunities are close to home, where families can see a future for themselves, and where the children growing up here today will someday be proud to say they chose Gresham as the place to build their own future.