Kindhearted and thinks everyone else is too, which sometimes leads to confusion. Optimism laced with humor. Family woman. Enchanted with my kids and my cats.
@chrisecrowley A very considered piece. Recently attended both conversations that the Center for Brooklyn History Talks hosted on What Signs Say that touched on similar topics.
3 years ago I almost slipped into a coma and died. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin. Some pay $1000+ a month. Many die without it.
Today I introduced legislation to cap the price of insulin at $50 a month. #txlege
Women's access to contraceptives and reproductive care is a global human right that the U.S. will monitor, Secretary of State Blinken has declared, reversing a Trump policy that overlooked discrimination or denials of women seeking sexual health services. https://t.co/0N9iCnt6Mc
Going to teach my kids:
1. Not to talk to strangers
2. Who Tony Hawk is
3. Tony Hawk is not a stranger, you can talk to him. Do not embarrass this family.
I know I keep saying it, but now that we're a full year into this thing I'm just blown away by how millions of teachers across the country have completely shifted and reimagined both their pedagogy and their role as educators to continue serving their students. It's incredible.
SCHOOLS: Opening schools BEFORE every single teacher, faculty member, administrator, & staff member has been vaccinated is wrong. Educators and staff are not disposable or expendable and now that a vaccine exists, the only number of acceptable Covid cases among them is zero.
The fact that I was born in 1989 and didn't know that trans people existed until 2015 tells you all you need to know about how important an LGBT+ inclusive education is...