I am a proud daughter of Massachusetts. For seven generations, my family has made the Commonwealth our home. And I'm running for Governor because I believe our state should work for all of us, not just a privileged few.
I was raised by people who believed that ordinary people, working together, can create meaningful change. That’s why I became a community organizer. That is why I became a criminal defense attorney. And that is why, for more than 15 years, I have been a leader in the fight for racial justice and criminal legal reform.
All my life, I have been a member of the Democratic Party. But the more I organized for change, the more resistance I met from the Democratic Party Machine. The Democrats took the support of our communities for granted while cashing checks from corporate donors.
I realized a simple truth: no one can serve two masters. You either stand up to corporate greed, corruption, and oppression — or you serve the donor class and sell our communities down the river.
I am running to build the Massachusetts we have never had: a government that belongs to the people, not the establishment duopoly of corporate Democrats and Republicans. A government that listens to working families, centers communities, and delivers real solutions on housing, healthcare, affordability, education, and justice.