I am a registered nurse with 26 years of experience, currently caring for some of our most vulnerable patients in the Dearborn NICU. Since 2002, I have proudly served as a nurse at Oakwood, Beaumont, and now Corewell Health. Throughout my career, integrity, loyalty, teamwork, and advocacy have guided the way I care for my patients and stand up for my fellow nurses.

 

For years, I watched as our profession was asked to do more with less. Resources were cut, benefits were chipped away, responsibilities increased, and nurses were expected to carry heavier workloads while continuing to give everything we had to our patients.

 

I knew we needed to fight back.

 

That is why I drove more than an hour to attend the very first Teamsters meeting at St. Rene Goupil Church in Sterling Heights. I walked into that meeting knowing we needed a collective voice—and I walked out knowing I was ready to help build it.

 

I am a third-generation union member. I understand that solidarity is not just a word. It is how working people create change.

 

That night, Dave Hughes gave me a Teamsters pin. I proudly wear it every day. The very next day, I began collecting union cards. From that moment forward, I have been boots on the ground in our Teamsters journey.

 

I have been there for card signing, tabling, action days, elections, voting, outreach, and organizing. I continue that work today through bargaining and as a steward. I was proud to serve as a bargaining representative during negotiations for our first collective bargaining agreement, helping develop proposals, review language, participate in committees, and work alongside fellow nurses to build our first contract.

 

I have also attended conventions and conferences to strengthen my knowledge of our union, learn from other union members, and bring that experience back to our nurses.

 

But perhaps most importantly, I have listened.

 

I have listened to nurses share their experiences, their frustrations, their hopes, and their ideas for what our workplace can become. I treasure every story that has been shared with me because those stories are the reason we organized in the first place.

 

I believe leadership means listening—not just to the people who agree with you, but to everyone. I value thoughtful discussion, different perspectives, and the courage to respectfully challenge an idea. And I believe a good leader must be willing to reconsider their own position when someone offers a better path forward.

 

A Union Led by Its Members

 

I believe deeply in transparency, accountability, and a rank-and-file-led union.

 

Our nurses deserve to know what is happening in their Local. They deserve to understand the decisions being made on their behalf. And, most importantly, they deserve a meaningful voice in those decisions.

 

I am running for Vice President because I want to help build a Local where nurses are not simply represented—they are heard, informed, involved, and empowered.

 

We have accomplished something extraordinary by coming together. But winning our first contract was not the finish line. It was the beginning.

 

The work ahead of us is monumental. Building Local 2024 will require strong leadership, open communication, solidarity, and a willingness to keep showing up for our members—every day, not just during an election.

 

I have already been doing that work.

 

I am ready to continue doing it as your Vice President.

 

I will bring the same commitment to this position that I brought to our organizing campaign: boots on the ground, sleeves rolled up, listening to our nurses, fighting for our members, and standing together.

 

We built this union together.

 

Now we have the opportunity to build the Local we deserve—a strong, transparent, member-driven Local where every nurse has a voice and every voice matters.

 

I’m asking for your vote for Vice President.

 

Together, we will build Local 2024.

Together, we will protect what we fought for.

Together, we will fight for what comes next.

 

10,000 nurses strong. One Local. One voice.