I have spent more than 15 years in nonprofit and public policy leadership, with much of my career focused on public health and improving how systems work for the people who rely on them. My work has included mental health and addiction, health insurance barriers, access to care, quality improvement, and broader efforts to make health care more equitable and effective.

In my current role as a Vice President of Public Policy, I lead policy strategy across multiple states. That means working with elected officials, state agencies, advocates, health care providers, community organizations, and people directly affected by the policies we are trying to improve. I have led legislative and regulatory efforts, testified before policymakers, built coalitions around complex issues, and worked across different viewpoints to move ideas from policy into practice.

That experience has taught me how to navigate complicated systems, ask the right questions, bring people together, and stay focused on practical outcomes. It has also reinforced how important it is for government to listen to the people most affected by its decisions. Those are the skills and perspective I would bring to Kyle City Council as we make decisions about growth, infrastructure, public safety, affordability, and the future of our community.

My top three goals reflect the three priorities at the center of my campaign: smart growth that works, building stronger communities, and bringing greater accountability and transparency to city government.

1. Smart growth that works.

Kyle’s growth needs to be matched by the infrastructure necessary to support it. I would prioritize completing road projects efficiently, with particular attention to the intersections and corridors creating the greatest safety and congestion problems. I also want to close sidewalk and street connection gaps and create safer routes for walking, biking, and getting to school. Protecting our long-term water supply must be part of every growth conversation, including responsible investment in water, wastewater, and drainage infrastructure and stronger conservation efforts. I also believe new development should contribute fairly toward the infrastructure and services it creates demand for.

2. Build stronger communities.

I want to focus on the things that turn a fast-growing city into a community people feel connected to. That includes investing in parks, trails, public gathering spaces, and family-friendly amenities that are designed around how people actually live. I also want to strengthen connections between neighborhoods, create more places for residents of all ages to gather, and support locally owned businesses that give Kyle its own identity. Downtown should become a place where residents want to spend time, local businesses can thrive, and community events and public spaces bring people together. My goal is for Kyle to become not only bigger, but a better and more connected place to live.

3. Increase accountability and public transparency.

Residents deserve to understand how their money is being spent, how major decisions are being made, and whether projects are staying on time and on budget. I would push for realistic project costs and timelines, better long-term planning, and clear public information when projects change in cost, scope, or schedule. I also believe residents should have meaningful opportunities to weigh in before major decisions are made, not after the fact.

Just as importantly, I want to help restore a culture of civility and professionalism on City Council. We should be able to ask hard questions, disagree respectfully, and still work together on behalf of the community. Residents should be able to trust that decisions are being made openly, thoughtfully, and with Kyle’s long-term interests in mind.

I think Kyle has done a good job in recent years of continuing to add housing inventory as our population has grown. My focus would be on maintaining that progress while making sure we have a healthy mix of housing types and price points, including apartments, townhomes, smaller homes, and options that can provide a more attainable entry point to homeownership.

The city can also use its development agreements, planning process, and partnerships with developers, nonprofits, and other levels of government to look for opportunities to expand affordability without placing the entire cost on local taxpayers.

Most importantly, housing has to be planned as part of smart growth. Where we build matters. Housing should be connected to jobs, roads, sidewalks, trails, and everyday services so that the cost of living in Kyle is not determined by housing costs alone.

Yes. I strongly support continuing to invest in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including the Vybe Trail. I see this as essential infrastructure for Kyle’s long-term growth and quality of life, not simply a recreational amenity.

As we grow, people should be able to safely get to parks, schools, businesses, neighborhoods, and other destinations without every trip requiring a car. Creating those connections can help reduce pressure on our roads while giving residents more opportunities to walk, bike, exercise, and spend time outside. Physical activity and access to active transportation also have well-established benefits for mental and physical health.

My approach would be to continue building out the Vybe while also focusing on the smaller connections that determine whether a community is actually walkable. That means filling sidewalk gaps, improving safe crossings, connecting neighborhoods to trails and destinations, and incorporating pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure into road projects whenever possible. I also want new development to connect into the larger pedestrian network rather than creating isolated pieces of infrastructure.

With limited resources, we will have to prioritize projects strategically and pursue outside funding where available. But I do not want Kyle to lose sight of the long-term goal. A growing city cannot solve every transportation challenge by adding more lanes. We should be building a community where driving is one option, not the only option.

I would not support the Kyle Police Department voluntarily taking on federal immigration enforcement through a 287(g) agreement. Our local officers should be focused on local public safety, preventing crime, responding to emergencies, and building the trust that makes people willing to call 911 when they need help.

I have serious concerns about what we are seeing from immigration enforcement in communities across the country and here at home. This became very personal for me when a friend recently took her daughter to preschool and learned that her daughter’s teacher had simply disappeared. She was here legally seeking asylum, and suddenly a person these children knew, trusted, and saw every day was gone. These are not abstract policy debates. They are affecting our friends, neighbors, coworkers, teachers, and families.

I have spoken publicly about these concerns, including at a recent candidate forum. My focus as a City Council member would be on what Kyle can control. I want every resident to know that if they are the victim of a crime, witness something dangerous, or need emergency assistance, they can call our police department without being afraid that asking for help will turn into an immigration investigation.

Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility. Kyle’s responsibility is to keep our community safe, protect trust between residents and local law enforcement, and make sure everyone who lives here can seek help when they need it.

I have consistently expressed serious concerns about Flock Safety and similar mass-surveillance technology. I do not support Kyle continuing to use Flock in its current form.

My concern is not simply whether this technology can help solve crimes. It is about the amount of information being collected on people who are not suspected of wrongdoing, who can access that information, how widely it can be shared, and whether meaningful local control is possible when sensitive data is held by a private, for-profit company.

I have looked closely at the kinds of safeguards that would be necessary, including very limited data retention, strict limits on searches and information sharing, strong auditing requirements, transparency, and meaningful local oversight. I remain deeply skeptical that those protections can actually be implemented and enforced well enough within the current model to adequately protect residents' privacy and civil liberties.

In my professional work, I have experience dealing with emerging technologies and the challenge of building appropriate safeguards around them. One lesson I have learned is that when we cannot adequately minimize the risk of harm to the public, pressing pause is the responsible choice.

At the same time, I have tried to approach this issue with some nuance. I am hopeful that there may eventually be a narrowly tailored way to use certain technologies for legitimate public safety purposes with strong guardrails and very limited use. I do not believe we are there today.

I have discussed these concerns publicly during this campaign because residents deserve to understand what information is being collected about them, who has access to it, and what protections are actually enforceable before the city adopts this kind of technology.

No. I do not support locating AI data centers in Kyle or changing our zoning laws to accommodate them.

We live in a drought-prone region where water is one of our most important long-term resources. Data centers can require significant amounts of water and electricity, and I do not believe that is the right tradeoff for our community.

I have publicly addressed this issue during my campaign and have been clear that I oppose bringing data centers to Kyle. We should prioritize development that supports our residents, strengthens our local economy, and makes responsible use of the resources we have.

Kyle has already taken important steps to strengthen and diversify our long-term water supply, and I want to build on that progress rather than start over. Alliance Water, aquifer storage and recovery, conservation rebates, and better leak detection are all important pieces of that work.

I also want us to be more creative about conservation. That includes expanding incentives for rainwater collection and drought-tolerant landscaping, but also looking at graywater reuse and capturing water we currently waste, including air-conditioning condensate. Texas already allows graywater and alternative onsite water, including AC condensate, to be reused for purposes such as landscaping and toilet flushing when appropriate safeguards are followed.

For new development, I support stronger water-conscious standards and greater use of reclaimed or non-potable water where practical. We should also use thoughtful drainage and development practices to reduce runoff and protect our creeks and watersheds.

Most importantly, water planning cannot be reactive. As Kyle grows, we need to continually match development with the water supply and infrastructure needed to support it, conserve every gallon we reasonably can, and be willing to say no to projects whose water demands do not make sense for a drought-prone region.

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