- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Independent Businesswoman/Attorney
- Dedicated to district: Resident of 44th district since 1975. Born and raised in Los Angeles. Understands community issues and concerns.
- Mother of three: Nathanial (21), Kelsey (18), Juliana (8). Working mother entire career; single working mother for several years.
- Advocate for families and children: Active in organizations that support families, women, and children; welfare-to-work expert.
- Experienced business leader: Corporate manager and officer. Entrepreneur: founded successful companies specializing in organizational effectiveness.
- Thirty years experience in education: Quality childhood education and development programs; teacher; tutor for dyslexic children; programs for teens.
- Political activist: Past pres., NWPC Greater Pasadena; member, Emily's List, Women's Leadership Forum; campaign volunteer for like-minded candidates
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Education: Focus on early childhood education, with emphasis on early literacy. Establish "safe schools." Support community and charter schools.
- Family planning: Protect family planning services and women's right to choose; expand access to family planning education and birth control.
- Gun safety: Protect citizens from accidental discharge, easy access by under-age children, military-style weapons, magazines designed for mass killing
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- Balanced growth
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Develop more business-friendly programs to create additional jobs and enlarge the tax base. Focus on programs and tax incentives specifically targeted at changing business demographics in Southern California, such as the huge surge of small- to medium-sized businesses.
- Education
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Focus on early childhood education, with emphasis on building self-respect and early literacy. Establish "safe schools" for K-12, with a focus on solving root causes of violence, rather than merely providing remedial actions (prevention vs. detention). Support the comprehensive educational efforts of the community schools concept and the charter school movement. Expand sports venues for league and nonprofit programs through public/private partnerships.
- Welfare-to-Work
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Fine-tune welfare-to-work to ensure that the transportation and child care infrastructure is in place to handle the influx of former welfare recipients.
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- National Women's Political Caucus of California (NWPC)
- California Federation of Business and Professional Women (BPW)
- Los Angeles NOW and California NOW (National Organization for Women)
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
