As Chair of the Framingham School Committee I was excited to participate as we became the first district in the Commonwealth to pass a climate change policy - a policy I had the privilege of working on since its inception at the beginning of 2020. 

• South Framingham is currently home to no less than three contaminated sites. These sites are near residential buildings, playgrounds and all three less than a mile and a half from an elementary school. It’s near Weld Street where I grew up.  The presence of these sites for nearly a decade tells us we don’t care about the families who live south of Route 135. Through ARPA funds we were able to begin the clean up on one of them, thanks to the collaboration with Senate President Karen Spilka, but even with the cleanup company’s use of cutting edge proprietary technology, the funding constraints did not allow for a full clean up of all sites. As State Representative, I will fight for these funds in order to resolve this equity issue. 
• Make affordable renewable energy more accessible and less predatory. Utility companies have the power to deny and delay transition to renewable power while collecting months and months of exorbitant bill amounts. Homeowners need to have better access to the information on the programs available today, utility companies need to be held accountable and we must increase access to renewable energy to our hardworking renter population.
• Air quality control for underserved communities: communities of color are disproportionately affected by air pollutants, poor ventilation in homes in densely populated areas which exacerbates inequities when the inevitable health issues arise. Children in these areas, like in the 6th Middlesex District, are disproportionately affected by pulmonary conditions like asthma and their parents in underserved communities must manage the added burden of navigating a health system that brings its own equity issues. We need to hold landlords, property managers and builders responsible for air quality management in rentable units and expand access to legal remedies for residents who are disproportionately impacted.
• Increasing accessibility of EVs and sustainable transportation: owning an electric vehicle is still a matter of privilege that requires living near or around the few scattered charging stations, if owning a vehicle is an option at all. It is important to explore clean energy alternatives for our public transportation to reduce the carbon footprint of those who are outside of the electric vehicle zone of privilege and make green transportation more accessible to all communities, including communities of color.