I did not come to this from politics. I came to it from a career spent making sense of complicated things, and from a house with two daughters growing up in Fort Bend schools.
I started out in restaurant operations, long hours and thin margins, where you learn fast that good intentions do not count for much if the numbers do not work. Over time I moved into finance, and eventually into leading a company whose whole job is taking scattered information and turning it into one clear picture people can act on. I have watched this district make big financial decisions for years and wondered who was really keeping track. That is the discipline this board has been missing.
What turned my questions into a decision was a conversation at a birthday party a few months ago. A dad I have known for years brought up the recent school closures. Neither of us had been directly affected, but he was troubled by how they were handled, families showing up wanting to be heard and being told there was no time. I have friends who were affected, and I had seen what it did to them and their kids. Standing there, I realized you do not have to be the one hurt to see that it was not right, and I did not want to be someone who noticed and moved on.
My family has been in Fort Bend since 2015. I coached my daughter's soccer team last year, and we are the parents at the class parties and the school events. I am not running because I have all the answers. I am running because I have two kids growing up in this district, a career built on honest numbers and clear decisions, and a belief that families deserve both from the people they elect.