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Here is why this is personal to me. I am the first in my family born in the United States.
- When my parents came here, they had to learn English from scratch. At home, we spoke Spanish.
- My grandmothers (who lived with us into their 80s and 90s) never spoke a word of English.
- But little by little, we found our way. We became part of our community, bringing our own perspective, our own culture, and our own story to the broader American one.
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I serve in our military, worked at the Pentagon, and by all measures am as American as they come. I still speak Spanish to my parents.
My parents came here as immigrants, and like so many others, they made New Hampshire stronger.
They worked hard, built a home, raised a family, and gave back. That’s the real story of immigrants in America: people who come here not to take, but to build, to make this country better than they found it.
So when people like J.D. Vance try to stoke fear or pit us against one another, we have to call it what it is: wrong. It’s not just bigoted: it’s un-American.
Because this country has always been at its best when it’s been open, welcoming, and forward-looking.
I’m running for Congress because I believe in that America. The one where everyone has a chance to rise, where hard work and decency still mean something, and where freedom belongs to all of us—not just a few.
The MAGA movement wants to drag us backward. I believe we can build something better—together.
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