In order to support our Colorado families and students during this time of revising public education and remote work we must look at improving our internet access particularly in rural areas. Only 77% of Coloradans have access to high speed internet. This results in lost opportunities in employment, education and healthcare. Amidst a global pandemic, we must ensure our students are able to learn remotely, and that our workforce can work remotely if possible. 

"I will work with my colleagues in the legislature to increase our funding to rural communities, and sponsor legislation that will allow communities to have control over their access to high speed internet."

Sally believes that everyone should have the opportunity to pursue an education that they can afford. In addition, our public education system has taken too many cuts over the years, leaving many children behind. Universal Kindergarten was a great move forward. Sally supports Universal Pre-K because early education is necessary for all students to have equitable opportunities to thrive before entering Kindergarten. It creates an opportunity to offer classrooms that include diversity in socioeconomic backgrounds as well as race. 

While the tuition rates at our state universities continue to climb, students are being left with crippling student loan debt that keep them from being able to buy houses, have families, or pursue the American Dream. As a first-generation college graduate, Sally believes in affordable costs for higher education, as well as increased funding and teacher pay for public schools, so that teachers don’t have to take on two or three jobs to pay their bills each month. She believes that community college and technical education should be more widely available, as we badly need people in the trades. 

Sally has worked to create equity in public schools in Colorado, New Mexico and North Carolina. She co-wrote a 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant that was awarded to a Greeley-Evans District 6 Elementary school for a STEM after-school program. Sally has volunteered in the classroom helping students in reading and math, along with co-sponsored a Student Council and introduced coding. Currently, she serves on three Weld RE-5J School District committees: The Citizens Task Force, Parent Advisory and Chair of the District Accountability. The Citizens Task Force Committee has been collectively working with community members in Weld RE-5J School District to successfully pass a Bond and Mill Levy Override (MLO) on the 2020 ballot.

"Schools are the heartbeat of a community. We must invest in our schools along with industry for our communities to successfully thrive in the future."

Equal pay is imperative to restore opportunity to all Coloradans. In a world where women still make roughly 80 cents on the dollar that men make, it creates an environment where people are not paid equally for the same amount of work. Equal pay will also enable Coloradans to be able to buy houses, pay rent and improve the economy. 

Women should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions with a medical professional. When the government gets in the way of these policies, it is often not with the right intentions in mind. Women’s healthcare is very important and every woman should feel protected with the freedom affordable healthcare options available. 

"As a matter of public policy, I support safe, accessible and legal abortion health care because criminalizing and banning abortions will not stop abortions. Nothing should stand between you and your health decisions."

"In Colorado, we value our rights and our responsibilities. I am committed to supporting common sense gun safety policy and protection of the 2nd Amendment. These do not have to be mutually exclusive."