The newly drawn district of HD 48 includes parts of Washtenaw, Jackson, and Livingston Counties, many of which had not been represented by a Democrat until my election in 2022. Now, with a Democratic majority in both houses of the legislature and Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as our governor, voters have already begun to see substantial and much needed progress on a range of important issues. Here are some of the priorities I set as my goal when running for the office of State Representative and which continue to be at the top of my agenda as I work to better the lives of citizens in the district and throughout the state.