As an educator, I've worked my entire career to show our students that any obstacle can be overcome and any goal can be reached through effort and teamwork. Our generations were promised an American Dream that never materialized as those who climbed the ladder before us pulled it up behind them. Now, we see establishment politicians, greedy corporations, and rogue billionaires telling us "This is the way it has to be." But it doesn't.

Our campaign, our movement, is about rebuilding the promise of the American Dream: Planting seeds and building institutions that will last long after we're gone. Creating leaders who don't settle for the status quo. Building a resilient democracy for us that can withstand the onslaught of greed and corruption. And we'll do it the way Americans have always achieved greatness:

Together.