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Accomplishments

Listening first. Learning always. Delivering for every student.

As a new School Committee member, I have been committed to listening and learning. Henri Nouwen inspires and offers me guidance in this commitment. “Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very beings.” I have worked to understand how my skills and experience fit into the whole of the school committee team, how the current systems are working for the district, as well as how they are coming up short, and in what ways we might re-imagine a school system that reaches even farther than our dreams. 

From there, I discovered how I fit and what my experience added so that I could work together with my colleagues toward policy that builds the kind of schools that Medford deserves.

Subcommittees

I currently support the ongoing work of the School Committee by serving on the following subcommittees:

I served on two key Search Committees in 2024/2025:

  • Acted as a Search Committee member for the English Learners Director
  • Acted as a Search Committee member for the Athletic Director

Policies & Resolutions

Here are the specific policies and resolutions on which I took action:

  • ACH – Immigration Enforcement Policy  (2025)
  • Resolution in Support of MPS’s LGBTQIA+ Community (2025)
  • Resolution in Support of MPS’s commitment to DEI practices and opportunities (2025)
  • Resolution to Reaffirm support for the following resolutions:
  • *Access to Menstrual Supplies (2019)
  • *Mandatory Recess in Public Schools (2021)
  • *Prohibiting the use of Native American Mascots (2021)
  • *Climate Change (2019)
  • *Poverty and Children (2019)
  • *Charter School Reform (2019);
  • Resolution to Support the Establishment of a City Stabilization Fund (2024)
  • Resolution to name the Medford Building Committee (2024)
  • Resolution on Disciplinary Practices in the School System (2024)
  • Resolution on the End of Fossil Fuel Building Equipment Purchases (2024)
  • Acted as a Search Committee member for the English Learners Director
  • Acted as a Search Committee member for the Athletic Director 

Initiatives

Aside from official acts on the floor I have participated in, I am also proud of a range of initiatives that I have spearheaded or collaborated with other city/district stakeholders:

  • Identified and successfully applied for a YouthWorks Grant that allows Medford to pilot a Youth Employment Program to support skill development and job placement training for at-risk and low-income youth.
  • Collaborated with the City’s SEPAC to establish a BestBuddies branch in the city
  • Worked with the Office of Prevention and Outreach to support their Youth Summit and delivered workshops on early career exploration, job applications, work permits, and resume writing.
  • Emcee’d the return of the Missituk Cultural Night; a great opportunity for the students and families to meet one another and share in the joy of understanding different cultures that are present in Medford
  • Currently working to bring composting to our schools!
  • Event Speaker at Medford Juneteenth Flag Raising (2024, 2025)
  • Speaker at West Medford Community Center’s Reading Frederick Douglass (2025)
  • Keynote Speaker at Medford/Somerville Good Trouble Lives On Event (2025)