Jake Oliveira is the great-grandson of immigrants from Portugal and Poland, who settled in Ludlow, Springfield and Palmer. They worked in the Ludlow Mills and put down strong roots in Western Massachusetts. Jake’s grandfather Bolac Bastek helped to build the Quabbin reservoir.
I have heard from many residents struggling to access testing and vaccines. I’ll work to create affordable, local health care, and shorten ER wait times. We need to upgrade schools and senior centers with new ventilation systems to ensure safety.