I am running for Nevada Senate District 2. I have proudly served the hardworking families of Nevada Assembly District 28 since 2015. For the past seven years I have approached legislation by weighing whether it promotes equity, transparency, and access for all of our communities rather than just some. Too often voices are left off the bargaining table and denied access into the room. For this reason I have proudly stood side by side with our unions while simultaneously advocating for our small business community. I am a partner at the Gonzalez and Flores Law Firm and I know first hand how difficult and the many sacrifices it takes to keep the doors open and staff paid. Having an open door policy and a balanced approach to legislating is my commitment to ensuring the longevity of our state.

My family’s story echoes in similarity all across Nevada, but especially in Nevada Senate District 2. In the 1980s, my parents, tired of feeling lost and trapped, packed as many memories as they could carry on their backs and started a new life in the United States. They arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada and never looked back. Today my parents’ hands have tattooed blisters that tell a story of sacrifice and hard work. Their love and commitment to our family allowed for me to make my way through the Clark County education system, obtain my bachelor's degree in English from UNLV, and afterwards my Juris Doctorate degree from William S. Boyd School of Law. Education was my salvation. Over the past 18 years I have been given the privilege of working with numerous youth programs helping students from underprivileged communities prepare for college, realize there is a place for them in the white collar world, and ultimately gain the confidence to realize with hard work they can do anything. Mentorship is pivotal to success.

I am an attorney who proudly focuses on immigration law. We are still the land of opportunity. There is so much that is worth us fighting for here. This is the only country in the world where my parents can go from riding a bicycle from one job to another down Eastern Avenue in the 1980s to driving up the very same avenue in 2022 looking up and seeing their last name on a building. We can be the change we want to see in this country. We cannot change everything at once for that reason my motto is simple we need to “change a little…change often.” This is the pathway to success.

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