- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Nurse/Attorney/Educator
- Registered Nurse Practitioner (Women's Health Care)
- Licensed attorney -- admitted to California and US Supreme Court Bar
- Western Regional Healthcare Policy Coordinator, Service Employees International Union
- Part-time instructor, Graduate School of Public Policy and Administration, California State University at Long Beach
- Appointed by US Attorney General Janet Reno to serve on the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women
- Founder, Long Beach Police Department's Women's Advisory Committee
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Access to affordable quality healthcare; prescription benefit for Medicare beneficiaries
- Access to quality academic and/or vocational training for every child.
- Establishment of a "safety net" for working families -- fairer tax code, increased minimum wage, stable Social Security system
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- California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- US Senator Barbara Boxer
- California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
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