I am an attorney, a former financial regulator, and a former administrative law judge — but I am first and foremost a husband and father.

As delegate for VA-22, I want to help create a better community for my family; something I hope will one day make my sons proud. My personal experiences as a parent motivate me to lighten the burden for other working families, including universal childcare and paid family leave. I also regularly commute to D.C., navigating the I-66 congestion that plagues our commuter population. I aim to be intentional about addressing the tolling and congestion problems.

Many other issues are impacting Virginia’s working families and my goal is to empower as many residents as possible by working with them to address those issues. As a lifelong public servant and advocate, my focus is to combat injustices, inequality, government overreach, and misinformation, along with ensuring that our Commonwealth is transparent, accessible, and representative of all Virginians. I believe we need to bring bipartisanship back in order to move Virginia forward, and will help to do just that by taking a measured approach when tackling our community’s unique issues and fiercely advocating for our families.

I know that if we want a strong economy, we need to give our communities the tools to succeed. I am a strong believer that a rising tide lifts all boats and that if our working families thrive, so will our community, small businesses, and overall economy.

Some of my career  highlights:

• Volunteered as an assistant attorney general at the Civil Rights Bureau in the New York State Office of the Attorney General.
• Investigated white-collar crime, with a focus on insider trading, at FINRA.
• Served as legislative counsel on the Council for the District of Columbia’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment.
• Presided over cases as an administrative law judge for the D.C. Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV), the D.C. regulator of taxicabs and transportation-based “gig economy” companies (e.g. rideshare and food and parcel delivery).
• Became DFHV’s Chief Administrative Law Judge, then Division Chief of the agency’s Compliance and Enforcement Division, responsible for oversight of the overall for-hire industry.

My community service background includes:

• Mentoring underprivileged youth.
• Helping adult learners attain their GED as a volunteer teacher.
• Offering pro bono immigration legal services.
• Testifying before legislative committees on the importance of addressing illiteracy and food deserts.
• Working with small businesses to help build sustainable solutions in a post-COVID world.
• Serving on various nonprofit boards and advisory councils including Momentum Collective, Inc., DC Latino Leadership Council, and the Washington Literacy Center.