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Our family is made up of an interesting mix of immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and Kansas.  My brother and I grew up in Pennsylvania where my parents were teachers. My dad enjoyed participating in local government.  He’s been a great example to me, highlighting the best ways that the government can help and serve.  

As a young person, I learned a lot as a summer intern in our U.S. Congressman’s office. My major was Environmental Health at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  I worked at Carnegie Mellon University and then at the Johnson Space Center after moving to Texas because of my husband’s job.  My terrific husband, Juan, and I have an energetic dog, Sunny and two wonderful daughters and now one great son-in law.  

I continue to spend time helping with conservation projects, and environmental education at the Houston Zoo.  I love spending time outdoors, sports and fitness, and supporting community service projects through our church, the Houston Food Bank, and the League of Women Voters Houston.

I’m grateful for our country and our democracy. Joining the League of Women Voters of Houston (LWVH) two years ago was an uplifting feeling. I was so happy meeting our amazing office team leaders and many wonderful members who take the work of democracy seriously. Volunteering with positive members through the LWVH encourages and energizes me. I like sharing government and election information with people. I appreciate the long history and the non-partisan tradition of LWVH.

I like helping with the tabling events, sharing election information and registering voters as a Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar at Resource Fairs, Career and Job Fairs, museums, and food banks.  Helping with library story times is a lot of fun, too, reading children’s books about community and elections and sharing LWVH election materials and giveaways. 

It’s motivating traveling to different parts of Harris County and meeting awesome community partners who are working to make Houston a better place and improving lives throughout the city.  Through various events, I’ve partnered with librarians, churches, teachers, museums, government leaders, and the Astros Foundation.  With the League, we’re well received at events and I feel our non-partisan stance makes us more approachable.

Our elections are becoming more critical every year.  I’m excited to continue volunteering with tabling and voter registration events with enthusiasm to increase voter participation.   I want to spend time in the community hoping to answer questions and relay the significance of each of us actively building our knowledge and staying informed and engaged in the work of our government, from local to federal, to make it work best.  I hope I can register new voters in high schools and by volunteering in local libraries

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.  It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”  Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (1943-1993) 

“We have not inherited the earth from our fathers, we’re borrowing it from our children.” American Indian saying