About

Biography

You don’t choose politics, politics chooses you. Your lived experiences are what give you the energy to fight.

My fight began when I was 16- in 10th grade- when I stood up in front of my school board and advocated for myself in the policies they were proposing. The next day, I woke up to my face on the front page of the newspaper. I had two choices then: I could run, or I could continue the fight. I haven’t stepped away since.

I turned 18 and 3 things immediately happened. I registered to vote, I was appointed to be a precinct representative by the Snyder County Democrats, and I picked up my petition to run for Borough Council. Entering college that fall, I began mobilizing people on campus by registering my first year perspectives course to vote locally and having our professor have class on election day as a field trip to the polls.

Shortly after, I became the Vice Chair for the Snyder County Democrats. During that time, we saw a global pandemic and a massive racial justice movement pick up speed. I quickly joined in the movement and helped form the temporary organizing group of Central Pennsylvania Advocates for Justice.

Current Roles

In September of 2021, I became the Chairman for the Snyder County Democrats in a Special Election. In that capacity I organize and manage the strategy of the County Committee and serve as a voting member of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee. Through there, I am a part of the Rural Caucus, the LGBTQ+ Caucus, and PA Young Democrats. As the youngest county chair, I focus on connecting with groups to mobilize our generation. One day we will be in charge of it all, and it’s time we step up and begin taking the lead. My primary goal though is to create infrastructure at the local progressive level to propel us forward and to sustain progressive momentum in deep red areas. County committees aren’t campaigns- we are here organizing 12 months out of the year. We wake up the day after the November elections and begin the preparation for the next year ahead.

I was named to Inside PA’s 30 under 30 for 2024 at the age of 23 and have been featured in numerous articles, interviews, and segments both on engaging the young vote and on rural strategy. Due to my work and focus, Snyder County was one of the few counties that went more blue in 2024 than it did in 2020- with nearly 2,000 more votes for our house of representatives candidate in a county with only around 5,000 registered Democrats and a population of around 35,000 people.