- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Nurse Practitioner/Educator
 - Registered nurse in SF Bay Area since 1978
 - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner since 1984
 - Ph.D in Nursing at UCSF w/ specialty in addiction in families
 - Associate Professor at Dominican College, School of Nursing; Adjunct faculty at UCSF teaching in the nursing and medical schools
 - Community liason work with treatment programs for chemically dependent women
 - Nurse negotiator for UCSF/Stanford first union shop contract
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- Health Care Reform
 - Quality Education for our Children
 - Campaign Finance Reform
  
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- Health as a right!
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Californians have been dealing with the consequences of "for profit" HMOs. It's time for some significant changes.
 - Quality Education for our Children
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California has done well in these economic times, yet our schools are near the bottom of the list compared to schools in other states in both spending and achievment.
 - Campaign Finance Reform
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Election to public office should not depend on who acquires the largest "war chest", but rather on who would best serve in the office.
  
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- California Nurses Association
 - California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
 - American Nurses Association - California
  
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