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By Hola Nebraska
I didn’t grow up dreaming about politics. I grew up learning how to adapt, how to read a room, and how to speak up when something didn’t feel right—even before I had the language to explain why. Those skills weren’t abstract; they were how I learned to navigate systems that didn’t always make room for families like mine.
I was born in Cali, Colombia, where community isn’t an abstract idea but a way of surviving together. That upbringing shaped how I see responsibility—not just to myself, but to the people around me. It’s the lens I bring to my work, to raising my daughter, and to how I show up for the community I serve.
Through my work, I’ve spent years inside people’s homes, seeing how decisions made far away show up close to home—in housing conditions, in health outcomes, and ultimately in how well children are able to learn. I’ve seen learning break down long before a child ever enters a classroom, shaped by instability, stress, and unmet needs that no school can fix on its own.
Over time, something became impossible to ignore. Too often, the political world making these decisions does not reflect the people most affected by them. Representation isn’t missing by accident—it’s structural. And that disconnect has real consequences for families who are trying to build stable futures.
That realization is what pushed me to step into politics.
The Learning Community Coordinating Council exists to address exactly this intersection between home, health, and education. Its role is to coordinate early childhood education, family support, and health-related services across school districts so resources are shared more equitably and systems work together—because a child’s zip code should never determine their chances of success.
I am running because systems work best when the people shaping them understand the gaps from the inside. I am running for the next generation, and for families who are building futures within systems that must—and can—do better.
This work is personal to me. I’m here because of you—and this is only the beginning.
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