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I may have been born in Ohio, but Kansas is my chosen home. There’s so much to be proud of our home state for—from our early days joining the Union as a free state to desegregating schools through Brown v. Board of Education to being the first state to reaffirm reproductive rights as a constitutional right and more. Alas, there are two Kansases, as M. Gessen points out in their latest article for The New York Times...

I want to thank every teacher, paraprofessional, bus driver, custodian, cafeteria worker, counselor, and school nurse in District 86 and across this state: thank you. You all do so much with limited resources, and Kansas is lucky to have you. I believe expressions of gratitude are meaningless without follow-through, so I want to speak with you about something that weighs heavily on me. As a member of the House Education Committee, I've spent this year watching the clock tick

Like many, my path to becoming a proud queer advocate was aligned with my journey to my own self-acceptance. Overcoming the shame and insecurity instilled throughout my conservative upbringing wasn't easy, but it became the foundation of everything I do publicly.

The 2026 session is over, and the veto override session was a befitting end to a session full of haphazard legislation at a breakneck pace.

I believe in freedom, dignity and respect for others, and I believe that those of us in public service should focus on solving the problems facing our communities instead of manufacturing crises that unnecessarily pit us against one another.