Elise Stefanik turned her back on our kids. She slashed Head Start, cut Pell Grants, and her SNAP cuts mean more families here will go hungry.

My two sisters and I are proud to have graduated from our public schools right here in the North Country. My dad was the principal in Greenfield Center, my mom was a social worker, my Grandpa Tom was a social studies teacher in Hadley-Luzerne. After serving in World War II, the GI bill gave my grandfather an education, a pathway to homeownership, and a strong middle-class life.

I’ll fight to guarantee your family has the same freedom to thrive with paid family leave, universal child care and pre-K, an expanded Child Tax Credit, fully-funded public schools, and BOCES programs that set up real pathways for success. Every student should graduate with a job offer, college acceptance, or skills to start their own business. That’s not too much to ask for in America.