My experience as an activist and organizer includes a track record of delivering real wins for our students.

I am a proud co-founder of the Literacy Academy Collective, which has opened the first two free, district public schools in New York City for students with dyslexia. This monumental effort brings evidence-based literacy intervention that was previously only available in private special education schools to public school students who need it most. I also successfully pushed for the opening of the 75 Morton middle and District 75 school in Greenwich Village.

My top legislative priority is equitable funding for all students. I will fight to make sure we deliver education dollars where student need is greatest, reflecting today’s real costs, and making the Foundation Aid formula understandable and predictable without destabilizing school districts.

This commitment includes reforming the formula to update weights for English Language Learners (ELLs), students with disabilities, students in temporary housing, and those in the foster care system, as I believe the current funding gap is at a crisis level and disproportionately impacts these groups.

As an advocate for students with disabilities, I know that policy is only as good as its implementation. I will use the power of state funding—which covers 36% of the NYCPS budget—to support a shift to science-backed curricula, teacher training, and ongoing professional development. I am currently pushing for state funding through the Path Forward to ensure that higher education programs and licensing explicitly include structured literacy instruction and knowledge. I also support increased state investment to recruit, certify, and retain bilingual educators and support staff to improve outcomes for our multilingual learners.

All New Yorkers deserve the opportunity to have a great education. This means supporting common-sense policy changes like allowing older, late-arriving newcomers to attend high school for a minimum of four years and allowing those with interrupted formal education to remain in school until age 23. Additionally, because the state funds a significant portion of SUNY (40%) and CUNY (60%), I will leverage our influence in Albany to support these vital institutions and ensure New York's public higher education system continues to serve our community.