Volunteer, Hillary Clinton Presidential Camapign, 2016

Volunteer, Rep Daphne Campbell Re-election Campaign, 2015-2016

Volunteer, Tinu Pena Florida State Representative Campaign, 2015-2016

Volunteer, Councilwoman Ivonne Ledesma Re-election Campaign, 2015

Volunteer, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, 2012

Volunteer, Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, 2008

Board Member, City of North Miami Youth Opportunity Advisory Board, 2016 to present

Board Member, University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Alumni Association Board, 2016 to present

Vice-Chair and Board member, Broward County, Florida Human Rights Board, 2015-present

No professional experience on file.

No organizational membership information on file.

Awards:

First Runner up for Ms. Florida Plus America 2016
Ms. Miami-Dade Plus America 2016 by Florida Miss Plus America Pageant 2016
Ms. Fort Lauderdale, FL 2016 by Ms. Corporate America Pageant 2016
Cornerstone Advocacy Award from Emerging African Leaders Conference (EALC) and
Awards 2015
Volunteer of the Year 2014 by Junior Achievement (JA) of South Florida presented by
OnHands Broward

Priority Issues:

Healthcare: Expanding access to quality healthcare for everyone, especially working families, seniors, and veterans. Advocate for more funding for hospitals. Fight to keep prescription cost down.

Education: Promote more funding to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Programs. Stop over-testing our students in school. Promote educational programs for children and adults. Support parent choice programs. Encourage community wrap around after-school programs for communities in need. Support pay raise for educators/teachers. Affordable higher education.

Public safety: Reduce crime with crime prevention programs for youth. Community partnership with law enforcement to promote more crime watch neighborhood groups. Support gun reform.

Immigration: Provide more education and awareness on importance of becoming a citizen as well as the resources available in the community. Promote immigration reform.

Economy: Equal pay for women in Florida. Increase minimum wage to $15/hr throughout the state. Promote paid sick leave. Create quality jobs here in the State.

Job training programs and workforce skills: Promote more resources for vocational careers through workforce development programs. Support businesses to be more engaged with the education system in providing on the job training and apprenticeship opportunities.

Small Businesses: Provide more support and programs to aid entrepreneurs and small businesses. Cut red-tape regulations for small businesses.

Environment: Addressing the climate change effects that are affecting our communities: sea level rise, flooding, and quality water.

Publications:

1. The Ultimate Life Coach's Manual: The "how to" in presenting a professional life coaching business, published on 2015
2. The Ultimate Speaker's Manual: The "how to" in presenting a professional speaking business, published in 2014

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Why are you running for this office?
I am running for this office because one it?s just an honor and privilege to run in a very important part of Miami. I was born in Little Haiti. In addition, it includes the City of North Miami, which I have known and resided in different times in my adult life.
In 2008, I had the opportunity to speak at the HR 676 Caucus meeting at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) 2008 in Denver, CO on behalf of nurses, and it was then that I realized that true change in our society can only happen through public policy. I enjoyed working as a nurse, but I knew that I can do more for my community in politics.
In addition, it is disturbing to see what is taking place in our communities and not just the minority communities. We need to continue having better representation in Tallahassee for the average person. These are individuals who are working hard to provide for their families.
During the economic crash that began in 2008, I had lost everything that I had worked hard for in building my American dream. I was a successful healthcare professional with a home that I built as I was giving back to my community, church and was politically active. After losing everything, I want to make sure no one ever has to experience what I went through and to make sure that everyone has equal opportunities to anything they seek to achieve.