Why I am Running for Wyoming State House of Representatives District 37.

 I look at the legislature today, and I see a body that is mostly men nearly twice my age. Like many people in my generation, I don’t feel seen or represented there. At some point, I realized that if we want something different, someone has to step up. Subsequently, I realized I could be that someone. 

It's time for the people who will be living in Wyoming in the future to be building the future that we want to see.

Wyoming ranks near the bottom in the country for maternal care. When people don't feel safe starting or growing their family here, they leave. This isn't just a healthcare issue. This is a future-of-our state issue. Care needs to be accessible, and people need to feel safe and supported to make decisions about if, how, when, and with whom to build their family.

More and more people under the age of 30 leave Wyoming every year. If we continue on this path we risk losing the future of Wyoming. We have to find a way to make Wyoming home for younger people, and what we've seen in Cheyenne in the last few years has not been constructive to building a brighter future.

While serving on the Woods Learning Center Parent Teacher Co-Op, we were informed that Woods would be closing. As a mother, I was devastated that my child would have to go to another school and start all over again. As a teacher, my heart broke for the teachers, students, and staff who would have to make another big life transition. Our public schools are underfunded anyway, but the school vouchers cut even more funding from public schools. Public schools are the pillars of our communities, and it is essential that they are funded appropriately. 

In 2025, I attended a joint Labor, Health, and Social Services committee meeting where a sitting legislator said that they didn't want to expand SNAP benefits because they didn't want anyone to be "too comfortable in their poverty." I was truly astounded by this remark. A hand up for those in need makes for a stronger community. 

In the last few years, there has been a lot of discussion regarding the selling off and privatization of our public lands and wildlife. Public lands provide so much for Wyoming. Tourism is our second largest industry. People come from all over the world explore, hunt, and fish in Wyoming. However, as Wyomingites, we know that the value of a day hiking, fishing, or hunting, or a night sleeping out under the stars cannot be tallied in dollars. 

Public lands don't just belong to the public today, they belong to future generations.