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Age: 39

Occupation: Health Consultant

Bio: I am a community advocate and progressive leader with a track record of building coalitions to amplify voices. I’m focused on increasing housing opportunities, investing in public schools and transportation infrastructure, eliminating health inequities and making the government more accessible and accountable. I’m the first Latino to ever serve on Alexandria’s City Council.

Rank the following issues from most to least important:

Many of these issues are interconnected and we must strive to take a multi-pronged approach to address them. To separate them out is to oversimplify them.

What’s the biggest problem facing Alexandria right now?

Our tax imbalance. I wish we had a larger commercial base to pull from to assist us with our revenue shortfalls.

What’s your top policy priority?

Finding new revenue and allocating it in an equitable manner.

What qualifies you to be elected?

My thoughtful, hands-on approach to translating the reality on the ground into efficient and effective policy that meets the needs of residents and businesses.

What’s the city’s biggest long-term challenge?

How to pay for and address the decades of underinvestment in our aging infrastructure, including but not limited to sewers, school and city buildings, roads, transit, housing and recreation fields.

What is Alexandria’s greatest strength and how would you utilize it?

Alexandria’s residents and businesses. I’ll continue to work to increase housing opportunities for all ages and income levels to ensure a diverse, vibrant community and economy.

How should the city work to diversify the commercial tax base?

The city should redouble its effort for more tax authority from the General Assembly. We must come up with creative and effective strategies to retain and attract businesses.

What policies would make Alexandria safer?

The City of Alexandria is one of the safest communities of our size in the country.

Do you think Alexandria has too much density, about the right amount, or not enough?

Depends on what part of the city we are talking about but regardless of where density goes, I have always been a proponent of ensuring the appropriate infrastructure goes in place with it.

What should go into Potomac Yard now that the arena plan was pulled?

The same thing that we have always envisioned: a destination site, a multimodal transportation hub that generates economic activity and revenue for the city.