Opinion: Republican congressmembers would infringe on our voting rights. Colorado must respond.

In the spring of 2025, during the first year of my master's program, The Denver Post published my opinion piece on the Colorado Voting Rights Act (COVRA). The article was a persuasive piece to raise public awareness and build pressure on the state Senate to pass the bill.

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/03/14/colorado-voting-rights-act-gold-standard-elections/

Special Session and Senate Bill 7: What does it mean for Texas voting rights?

In the summer of 2021, after my freshman year of college, the Institute for Youth in Policy (YIP) published an opinion piece I wrote during my policy writing fellowship. The article addressed and dismantled the voter suppression efforts embedded in Texas Republicans’ proposed Senate Bill 7.

https://yipinstitute.org/article/special-session-and-senate-bill-7-what-does-it-mean-for-texas-voting-rights#article

Biden’s Inaction Threatens Voting Rights Nationwide

In Fall 2021, during my sophomore year of college, the Institute for Youth in Policy (YIP) published a second opinion piece I wrote as part of my policy writing fellowship. The article aimed to build public pressure on President Biden to more forcefully urge Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation. It included quotes from former House Representative Beto O’Rourke and former HUD Secretary Julián Castro to highlight the urgency of the issue.

https://yipinstitute.org/article/bidens-inaction-threatens-voting-rights-nationwide