From Survival to Service
I'm running for Georgia Labor Commissioner because I've lived what too many Georgia workers face every day. I know what it's like to work hard and still struggle. To have wages stolen and feel powerless. To choose between speaking up and feeding your family.
My story isn't unique—it's Georgia's story. And it's why we need a Labor Commissioner who fights for workers, not corporations.
Faith & Family
I'm a mother who believes faith without works is dead. My daily practice of connecting biblical principles to social justice isn't separate from my politics—it's the foundation. Scripture calls us to defend the vulnerable, confront the powerful, and demand justice. That's what this campaign is about.
I've experienced loss that changes everything. My daughter Hayley is no longer with us. That grief taught me that life is too short to perform, to play it safe, to accept injustice as inevitable. We honor those we've lost by fighting for the world they deserved.
A Prayer Answered
I wasn't always politically active. In 2012, I voted for Obama's reelection and made a prayer in that voting booth: Let this be the last time I have to vote for the lesser of two evils.
In 2015, I learned about Bernie Sanders. I watched videos of him standing on the right side of history for decades—never flip-flopping, never calculating, just consistent moral clarity. And I knew: this was the answer to my prayer.
Faith without works is dead. So I started volunteering. Because if you pray for something and then do nothing when it shows up, what kind of faith is that?
Building Power
That Bernie campaign opened my eyes to what organizing could do. I didn't stop. Over the years I worked with:
- Progressive Turnout Project - District Operations Director
- Poder Latinx - Regional Voter Engagement Manager
- Common Cause - field organizing
- CASA in Action - voter engagement
Across multiple election cycles, countless doors knocked, phone calls made, voters registered and mobilized. I learned how to build power, how to move people, how to turn anger into action and hope into results. I learned what it takes to win.
Living the Reality
But my most important education came from experience. I've faced wage theft. I've been exploited by an employer who knew I needed the work too badly to fight back. I've felt the gaslighting, the impossible choices, the weight of a system designed to keep workers powerless.
That experience taught me something textbooks can't: the Labor Commissioner's office isn't just about processing claims. It's about power. Who has it, who doesn't, and what we're willing to do about it.
Catalyst for Change
I also run Catalyst Pro Services, a professional organizing business, because I believe in helping people create order and peace in their lives. But personal organization isn't enough when the systems around us are fundamentally unjust. We need structural change.
This Race is Personal
I initially ran for Congress because I wanted to fight for working families. But I realized the Labor Commissioner's office is where I can make immediate, tangible impact. This is where wage theft gets stopped. Where workers get protected. Where someone with my background and values can actually deliver results.
Georgia deserves a Labor Commissioner who:
- Understands worker exploitation personally, not theoretically
- Will use the platform to advocate, not just administrate
- Connects workplace justice to broader economic and social issues
- Brings organizing experience and grassroots power to state office
- Refuses to accept that poverty wages and stolen paychecks are normal
This race is personal. And it's about every worker in Georgia who deserves better.
Core Principles
- Faith without action is hollow. Justice requires confronting power.
- Workers create all wealth. They deserve to share in it.
- The mental health crisis is an economic crisis. People can't heal when they can't survive.
- Large corporations can afford to pay living wages. Small businesses need support to do the same.
- Trickle-down economics is a lie. Progressive taxation funds the safety net we all need.
- Authenticity matters. I'm done performing. I'm here to speak truth.
Every policy I fight for—I fight for Hayley and every worker in Georgia who deserves better.
Ready to Join the Movement?
This campaign isn't about me—it's about all of us. It's about ordinary people stepping up to be the heroes we've been waiting for.