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I was raised to believe that when people gathered for a meal, no one started eating until everybody had a seat. Maybe that sounds simple, but to me, it was one of the first lessons in community: notice who’s missing, make room for them, and don’t rush ahead pretending the table is full when somebody still needs a seat. That’s the spirit I’m bringing into this moment in Pennsylvania’s 199th District. I know this community includes people who have been showing up for years, peo

A lot of people have lost faith in politics, and that’s really understandable. People are tired of being talked at instead of talked to. They grow weary of hearing promises that sound good during campaign season and disappear once the election is over. They are exhausted from watching leaders fight for attention while families try to afford groceries, pay rent, get their kids safely through school, and care for aging parents. They’ve lost belief that government even tries to

Development can sound like a good word. Here in Pennsylvania's 199th district, we’re hearing it a lot. “New developments are coming!” “Look at all the progress!” Development sometimes does mean progress, growth, new buildings, new jobs, and new opportunities. However, I would argue that development is not automatically progress. Hard questions to ask about development are: Who benefits from it? Who pays for it? Who gets the contract, the profit, the ribbon-cutting ceremony, a

Every year around the Fourth of July, we hear a lot of big words. Freedom. Patriotism. Liberty. Country. Those words matter to me. They always have. I grew up in Cumberland County. This is my home. My family has roots here. My faith was shaped here. My sense of service was shaped here. My understanding of community was shaped here. So when I hear people talk about patriotism like it only belongs to one kind of person, one political party, one ideology, or one flag-waving crow