Priorities
Economic Mobility
As I was a small business owner of retail stores and restaurants, and now I am leading AAPI Outreach & Engagement, LLC, I strongly believe small businesses are the backbone of our economy.
They create jobs, pay taxes, generate revenue, and make our community abundant and prosperous. Under the Gold Dome, I will work to support small businesses to grow and thrive by alleviating workforce shortages, strengthening the supply chain, and increasing capital and training access.
As a community advocate, I have worked closely with Gwinnett County’s Department of Transportation to enhance access to public transit to increase mobility and connectivity to alleviate workforce shortages affecting businesses in our district.
I am also working to enhance vocational programs to connect young adults to sustainable jobs in the AI era. In office, I am ready to leverage these experiences to expand access to bus transit and educational opportunities in our district as another way to keep our state’s economy strong.
Lower Housing Costs
I am running for office because I want to ensure that the next generation of families can attain and afford reliable housing. I want our teachers, police officers and public servants to be able to live close to where they work. I strongly believe housing security creates financial security and hardworking families should not have to worry about keeping a roof over their families’ heads.
With Gwinnett County’s population increasing by over a half a million residents by 2050, we need representation under the Gold Dome who will rise to the challenge and fight to expand access to affordable, reliable housing options.
Restore Reproductive Freedom and Justice
Women should be able to make their own health care decisions with their doctor, not politicians. Women’s rights are human rights. When women’s reproductive freedom deteriorates, our basic human rights are at risk.
I am running for office because I want to restore reproductive freedom, and pass legislation to eliminate the abortion ban currently in effect in Georgia.
Expand Medicaid
As a self-employed individual, I am living in the Medicaid gap alongside nearly 250,000 other Georgians. I do not qualify for Medicaid and I make too little to buy a monthly health insurance premium on the Marketplace.
By not expanding Medicaid, state politicians continue to withhold billions of federal dollars meant to pay for Georgia families’ health coverage. To oppose full Medicaid expansion is fiscally irresponsible and it's wrong. I am running for office to expand access to reliable, affordable healthcare and improve health outcomes while saving Georgia taxpayers money.
Community Safety
Since March 2021 when six innocent Asian women were among the eight victims of the Atlanta Shooting, Republican state legislators have done nothing to protect our families from the threat of gun violence. When given the chance in 2022, the GOP majority in the State House rejected legislation to require safe storage of firearms to protect Georgia children and to enact red flag laws. I am running for office because ignoring the effects of gun violence in our community will only lead to more senseless harm.
I want our children, friends, families, and neighbors to go to school, work, church, the grocery store, and any public place without worrying about being harmed or killed by gun violence. Under the Gold Dome, I will work with whoever it takes to pass common sense gun safety laws.
Leveraging the Diversity of Our Community
House District 99 is a diverse community and we are beneficiaries of the diversity and uniqueness of our community. Children raised in Gwinnett County are culturally competent and grow up to become global citizens and contribute positively to the global market. This is something to be proud of and to nurture.
In office, I want to celebrate the differences within our community and leverage our community’s diversity to continue to strengthen our schools and our local economy.
Excellence in Education
Gwinnett is one of the most diverse counties in the nation. To raise our children as global citizens and raise their understanding of each other, we need to teach everyone’s history in K-12 schooling. In a county as diverse as Gwinnett County, we need to teach our children about how each ethnic and racial group has contributed to our country’s development and growth. I am ready to work to ensure our instructional resources reflect the true history of America. Gwinnett’s children should be able to see themselves in their books.
Not to mention, 37% of Gwinnettians speak different languages at home, and that percentage will only grow in Gwinnett. To enhance our excellent public schools, I would push to expand access to English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and the dual language immersion programs for young children.
The students I would like to support come from 191 countries, speak 98 different languages, learn in the 11th largest school district in America, and benefit from dual language immersion programs available in 19 Gwinnett County schools.
Environmental Protection
Protecting our rivers, mountains, land, and ocean means protecting our health, safety, and well-being. We need to ensure a sustainable future for us and our children and tackle climate change.
To protect our beautiful ecosystem here in Georgia and to ensure all Georgia families can breathe clean air and drink clean water, I want our state to invest in transitioning our public transportation to electric vehicles, reducing the use of single-use plastics in our district and making recycling more cost efficient for Gwinnett families. In office, I am committed to taking action to protect our environment.