Two years ago this February, a close friend of mine killed his mother. Unable to afford the medication to manage his schizophrenia, he suffered a break that led to a violent outburst during his senior year of high school. 1/6

As a single mother who worked multiple jobs, with an autistic daughter to take care of, no matter how hard she worked, the money wasn’t always there to cover the costs of his medication, unbeknownst to most of us. 2/6

While the act of violence itself haunts me and my community to this day, I could never fully blame him for what happened. All I could blame is a failed system. A single mother working multiple jobs to make ends meet, and health insurance that didn’t cover their needs. 3/6

This is the American reality. Why I fight to tax the rich and cut taxes for the working class. Why I fight for M4A. Why I fight for accessible mental healthcare. Why I fight to raise the minimum wage. 4/6

No person working multiple jobs, managing care and medication of an autistic child, should EVER have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck. Minimum wage is NOT a living wage, Medicare for SOME is not enough. 5/6

There’s a lot of self serving reasons that I’m in this fight, but if you ask me why I wake up every morning and dedicate countless hours to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris, to the citizens of this country, this will be my answer time and time again. This is NOT a sidelines election.