Precinct: 6
Tell us a little about yourself. You can include your personal background, family, outside interests that are important to who you are as a person and a candidate.
My family moved to Lexington from Lowell, MA in the Fall of 1992. We lived on Harding Road and I was instantly smitten! As a 10 year old, being a part of a safe neighborhood filled with families with kids my age where we could ride bikes and play hide and seek was an absolute JOY. Riding the LexPress to Lexington’s charming center was the icing on the cake! My husband Jeremy also grew up in the Manor on North Hancock Street, and we met one fine day walking home from Diamond Middle School. Many years later, after attending colleges in the Midwest and living in different cities throughout the country, we were lucky enough to be able to purchase a home in Lexington to give our children the amazing opportunity we had growing up. I do not take Lexington for granted and work very hard to participate in the town to have our community reflect our values.
How has your past experience — whether in your professional life, elected office, or as a community leader — prepared you for a role in Town Meeting?
Graduate of Lexington Citizens Academy
Lexington High School, Class of 1999
Harvard Kennedy School Public Leadership Credential
Fiske Parent and Volunteer
LHS Visioning Team Member
Lex4Literacy Member
Fiske PTO President (fmr)
Appointed Special Permit Residential Development Zoning Bylaw Amendment Committee Member (fmr)
Estabrook Parent and Volunteer (fmr)
Lexington Says #ENOUGH Board Member (fmr)
LexFUN! Board Member (fmr)
Lexington League of Women Voters Board Member (fmr)
Massachusetts Citizens Legislative Seminar Attendee
Yes for Lexington Debt Exclusion Campaign Member (fmr)
Lexington Kids PMC Ride Board Member (fmr)
Coach of Moms on the Mound’s Royals Softball Team (fmr)
What is the most important issue in this election to you personally, and what ideas do you have about how to address this issue?
Our public schools are the most important issue to me. Lexington’s Town Meeting passed multiple articles that eased zoning restrictions last year. I anticipate increased residential development will impact our schools and I hope to collaborate on projects to maintain our excellence in education. As a town meeting member, I will be looking for ways to support our schools such as opportunities to vote for increased commercial development. The new LHS project will be the largest capital project our community has ever undertaken. I intend to use my influence to encourage neighbors and friends to support the debt exclusion campaign to construct the new high school. As an LHS Visioning member, I feel leaning in toward creating a renown environmentally sustainable building would be the avenue to persuade Lexingtonians to support this project (on top of the very obvious need for the new building for our students). I am a mother of two girls, ages 8 and 11. Lexington’s public schools are always at the forefront of my mind and I have actively worked to enhance our school community for the better for many years.
What I have always loved about Lexington’s Town Meeting is that none of us vote in lockstep with each other. There is no one on Town Meeting that I vote the same as 100% of the time. All of these issues are very personal to us. We could be voting on an article that could negatively affect our kids’ soccer coach’s small business. We could be voting on an article our dear next door neighbor has asked us to please support to benefit the environment. For the very most part, town meeting members do not vote on concepts or ideals; we vote on very real, very close-to-home issues that affect our friends and family. I love when I get the opportunity to collaborate with neighbors and fellow town meeting members on an upcoming article. I collaborate on articles every season. That said, there will be articles we vote on that same season, that those I work with in support of one article, will share opposing views with me on the next article. It’s this spirit that makes serving on Lexington’s town meeting all the more engaging and why I love being a part of this legislative body.
Fiske Parent and Volunteer who served as the Fiske PTO President through the post-pandemic years from 2021 to 2023. As President, focused on student equity in our programming, ensuring inclusivity for our students with autism and with disabilities, and was outspoken on behalf of support for our faculty especially during their contentious contract negotiations. Recently served as a LHS Visioning Team Member looking to shape our new high school into an environmentally sustainable model for the world, while backing an exterior design that honors the history of our town. Currently very actively involved as a Lex4Literacy Member advocating to effect positive changes for Lexington’s students in our literacy curriculum, practices and interventions as well as within our Special Education department. Served seven years on Lexington’s Town Meeting and looking forward to being at the table as we face our new era where we will see the 250th anniversary of the founding of our Country, residential growth, revitalization in our town center, and the construction of the new Lexington High School.