Education Reform

As Delaware's State Librarian and mother of two public school educated children, I understand the reform our public schools need.

• ​Solve the literacy crisis in education by supporting Secretary Martin's classroom focus, and back Senator Sturgeon's continued work on Science of Reading instruction.

• Make Delaware a School-Library-Friendly state by supporting Rep. Romer’s school library project as core literacy infrastructure, where kids discover the intrinsic motivation for reading and lifelong learning, which is key for innovation.

Cost of Living

I’ve paid for childcare out of a stretched entry level state salary. I’ve paid for diapers on credit cards long after my kids were potty trained. I have paid thousands for Literacy training because my son's public school couldn't teach him to read.  I know what "affordability" means at the kitchen table, not just as a talking point.

• Address the full costs of living – housing, utilities, childcare, healthcare, groceries – not just one line item at a time.

• Pursue efficiency and scale savings across state programs so tax dollars stretch further and family costs come down.

• Improve basic needs navigation so people can access the assistance programs they qualify for​.

• Make sure cost-of-living programs reach rural Kent and Sussex.

Energy and the Environment

Alternative energy is not an obstacle in bringing our power bills down: It's part of the solution.

• Support generating more of Delaware's energy on the Delmarva peninsula — including wind, solar, and emerging technologies

• Implement weatherization and home energy efficiency to reduce bills AND emissions. 

• Invest in coastal resilience. Delaware is the lowest-lying state in the country.

• Continue to advance environmental justice for communities disproportionately burdened by pollution, agriculture runoff, and water quality.

Jobs and the Economy

Delaware’s history is rooted in innovation, which is the foundation for a strong economy. Ongoing innovation and infrastructure at scale are key to Delaware’s successful future.

• Support small business by fixing state-side friction (permitting, licensing, tax filing) that eats up time small business owners don't have

• Index the $15 minimum wage to inflation. The living wage will never stay stagnant.

• Literacy is workforce policy. Delaware's jobs solution starts with reading and lifelong learning.

• Support Criminal Justice reentry navigation, expungement access, sentencing, and cash bail reform.

• Support Delaware's workforce transition and training programs as AI reshapes the economy.

• Strengthen Delaware's incorporation franchise. This is the state's biggest revenue source, and we must continue to protect it from competition.

Healthcare Access

Coverage doesn't matter if people can't navigate the system to get the help they need.

• Support rural health grants and partnerships to bring healthcare to Kent and Sussex County.

• Expand community-based navigation so people can enroll in medicare, medicaid, and marketplace plans with real, person-to-person support.

• Defend Delaware's reproductive rights laws and protect access to gender affirming care.

• Address the shortage of eldercare and memory care capacity as Delaware's population ages.

• Protect access to state services and healthcare regardless of immigration status. Healthcare is a human right.

• Close the maternal health equity gap. Delaware has real racial disparities in maternal and infant mortality.

Affordable Housing

My parents’ home in Sussex was in a mobile home community, and my family lived in a mobile home community in Kent County during the first decade of our marriage. Alternative housing should continue to be a cost-effective alternative.

The library staff are now unable to assist the unhoused because, "There isn't housing." Environmental protection and permitting integrity matter — but months-long approval processes are a system failure too.

• Streamline permitting and approvals without gutting environmental standards.

• Increase housing supply across all price points, including workforce and senior housing and support manufactured, modular, and missing-middle housing as part of the supply mix.

• Improve solutions in rental assistance and homelessness prevention on the demand side while supply catches up

• Protect renters from unjust eviction and source-of-income discrimination.

• State-level zoning reform for missing middle housing. Aims to pair supply-side with progressive framing.

Democracy and Literacy

Our democracy is under threat from the Trump administration. Even without that threat, we still have improvements to make here in Delaware. Literacy is key to a healthy democracy.

• Pass the voting rights amendments to enshrine mail-in voting, early voting, and same-day registration in the constitution.

• Protect Delaware's civil rights and civil liberties infrastructure from federal rollback

• ​Defend the Freedom to Read Act that Rep. Griffith led, ensure fair, transparent challenge processes for those who want to contest materials.

AI and Data Centers

AI is a technological revolution, and as such, should have close monitoring and regulation. We cannot and should not prevent progress, nor should we allow ourselves to be steamrolled by it.

• Support the Delaware AI Commission's work, plan for both disruption and new opportunity, and keep the state ahead of the curve.

• Prevent electrical bill hikes from these large facilities.

• Prevent data centers from doing any environmental damage to our wetlands and forests