I have always been drawn to a life of public service; it is the very reason I chose to become a teacher. Serving my community, particularly our young people, has been the most meaningful and impactful endeavor of my life. However, seeing the challenges my students face every day, challenges rooted in systemic underfunding and…

My parents fled the Vietnam War to the United States with my older siblings in one arm and everything they could carry in the other. That experience shaped all our lives. Neither of my parents even had a high school education, and they risked everything to get more for their children. In 2018, during Trump’s…