an engineer, advocate, educator, and bilingual leader in PA-07 dedicated to serving her community
Carol, a bilingual engineer in PA-07, has dedicated her life to her community. Immigrating from Colombia at three, she overcame financial and language barriers. Inspired by her parents, she worked multiple jobs in high school and volunteered, graduating near the top of her class.
After receiving her master’s from Penn State, Carol went on to build a career dedicated to helping people help themselves. She worked in a Head Start program and became the executive director of two prominent nonprofits: SkillsUSA Council and the Children’s Coalition of the Lehigh Valley. She then served as Sen. Casey’s Regional Manager and Statewide Latino Affairs Advisor, taught at Northampton Community College, volunteered with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and also participated in Gov. Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs.
Carol spent nearly a decade working on energy issues at PPL Electric Utilities, during which she earned her second master’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering from Lehigh University. Carol and her husband Chad have raised their two children in the Lehigh Valley.
To build an economy where working families like the one I grew up in can afford housing, groceries and utilities, and have a pathway to real prosperity. That includes supporting small businesses so they thrive and flourish, thereby providing family-sustaining jobs.
It also includes supporting career and technical training and incentivizing good-paying manufacturing jobs.
I will not stand by as Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Ryan Mackenzie rip away healthcare from millions of Americans and take food off families’ tables to give trillions in tax cuts to their billionaire donors.
I’m blessed to be living my American Dream, and I have always tried to pay it forward every day to help families living on the economic edge not just get by, but to thrive.
I’m also running to protect our right to choose what to do with our own bodies.
I will push for a resilient energy sector leading to job opportunities while ensuring that everyday residents can afford their energy bills.
I will never stop fighting against shameful policies that tear away at the American Dream, make us less free, and make life harder for every single American.
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