Elected Experience: Representative, 43rd District.  Speaker of the House

Other Professional Experience: Former Executive Director of a non-proft organization providing social services for thousands of low income people.

Education: UW, BA, magna cum laude

Community Service: Community activist in efforts that provided services for tens of thousands of low income people; created thousands of affordable homes; helped raise the minimum wage; provided leadership for countless community projects.  Legislative leader for increasing education funding, early learning, and college student financial aid; expanding health care; protecting the right to organize for workers; creating the largest state investments in public works; working towards clean electricity; and more.

Statement: As Representative for our District and as Speaker of the House, I enacted a positive agenda for education, healthcare, and social justice.

Invested billions in new funding for basic education; expanded early learning; created our Apple Health program providing care for 1.6 million people; enacted equal pay for women legislation and paid family leave; reformed and expanded funding for mental health; closed tax loopholes on Wall Street banks; expanded student financial aid with State Need Grants, College Bound and Opportunity Scholarships; provided major funding for public transit; and surpassed $1 billion for workforce and low income housing.