- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: Nurse/Attorney/Educator
 - Registered Nurse Practitioner (Women's Health Care)
 - Licensed attorney -- admitted to California and US Supreme Court Bar
 - Western Regional Healthcare Policy Coordinator, Service Employees International Union
 - Part-time instructor, Graduate School of Public Policy and Administration, California State University at Long Beach
 - Appointed by US Attorney General Janet Reno to serve on the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women
 - Founder, Long Beach Police Department's Women's Advisory Committee
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- Access to affordable quality healthcare; prescription benefit for Medicare beneficiaries
 - Access to quality academic and/or vocational training for every child.
 - Establishment of a "safety net" for working families -- fairer tax code, increased minimum wage, stable Social Security system
  
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- California Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
 - US Senator Barbara Boxer
 - California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
  
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