Priorities and Policy Positions

Education and Child Care ↓

Investing in Early Childhood and Education Early childhood development and education is critical to building a healthy and equitable future. Yet, the costs of child care and college are soaring, limiting the access to quality child care and education for many and widening existing inequalities. As a mother of a first grader and two children in preschool, Natalia understands the urgency that parents feel to provide their children access to high-quality child care and education. She will fight for evidence-based investments in student resources that have been shown to improve lifetime outcomes for the next generation and ensure that affordable options are available for all.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Enhancing Paid Parental Leave: Research has repeatedly shown that forming strong parent-child bonds early on is critical for a child’s development and for parental recovery as well. For example, the WHO recommends breastfeeding exclusively for the first 6 months, something that is difficult to do when parents must return to work much earlier than that. Unfortunately, most working Americans do not have access to paid parental leave. Parents shouldn’t have to choose between what the public health community recommends and what their employer demands. Natalia supports offering 12 weeks of paid family leave to any person who is a caregiver for a new child. This would apply to all types of parents, including LGBTQ+ families and adoptive parents. Natalia also supports providing an additional 4 weeks for birth mothers to support in their recovery.
   
   
2. Universal Child Care: The expense of child care is too burdensome for most families. In Massachusetts, the average cost for infant care is over $20,000 a year, which is more than in-state public college tuition. Natalia believes that all children deserve high quality care and that investing in early childhood development is critical. As a working parent, Natalia is also committed to ensuring that all parents have the opportunity to seek employment without incurring unsupportable child care costs. She fully supports universal pre-K, starting at age 3 and would, in Congress, fight to limit the cost of child care, especially for low-income families. To address the shortage of child care availability, Natalia will also work with local governments and nonprofits to establish a diverse network of high-quality, low-cost options. Finally, Natalia believes that we must ensure fair wages for child care workers; wages that are reflective of this important work to support children, families, and communities.
   
   
3. Investing in pre-K-12 public education: Natalia firmly supports increased state and federal investment in our public schools. As a mother to three young kids, Natalia understands that one of the most important investments we can make for our children’s future is access to quality, equitable education. All children deserve access to quality public education, yet too many face barriers to access due to lack of family or community resources. In Congress, Natalia will fight to give teachers the pay and resources they need to do their job well and ensure federal funding for public schools.
   
   
4. Supporting teachers, students and families during COVID-19: The COVID-19 crisis has hit teachers, students and families in Massachusetts particularly hard. Many public school employees in Massachusetts have lost work as school districts struggle to maintain funding. Despite these challenges, education must continue to be a priority. That is why Natalia strongly supports prioritizing the opening of schools quickly and safely to support working parents and prevent the educational opportunity gaps from widening during the pandemic. Reopening safely will require additional funding for more school nurses, psychologists, and social workers to address children’s physical and mental health during this crisis. This must include provision for adequate PPE (personal protective equipment) for students and staff and scheduling changes to reduce class size. But if done appropriately, it can positively impact both students and their families.
   
   
5. Reducing educational inequality: Natalia will also fight to reduce the educational inequality that persists across the nation. In Congress, Natalia will prioritize policies that have been shown to reduce inequity such as increased funding (for teachers, classroom resources, and infrastructure), and programs that support increased diversity among teachers and school leaders. She will champion high-quality special education and English language learning programs, as well as efforts to make our schools safer spaces for immigrants.
   
   
6. Improving school safety and child wellbeing: Natalia will support policies that promote safe and healthy environments for teaching and learning. This includes banning guns from schools, ensuring children have free, healthy school meals and cancelling student meal debt, and investing in more nurses, counselors, and support staff.
   
   
7. Affordable higher education opportunities: Soaring tuition costs prevents many Americans from going to college, and leaves others with crushing debt. Making college affordable would reduce economic inequality and provide new opportunities for students from low-income families. In Congress, Natalia will advocate for free public college and student debt cancelation for working class Americans to ensure that college is affordable for all. She will also work to protect students from exploitation by for-profit colleges.
   
   To empower BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students and the institutions that serve them, Natalia supports increasing federal funding to institutions such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities. She would also ban public colleges from considering criminal history or citizenship status in the admissions process.

Reforming the Criminal Legal System ↓

Nearly one in 100 people in the U.S is incarcerated. Despite having less than 5% of the world’s population, we have more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Mass incarceration has a disproportionate impact on people from our most marginalized communities, especially economically disadvantaged people and people of color. This is unacceptable. We must put in place policies that eliminate structural racism and the criminalization of poverty, homelessness, and mental illness at the heart of these failures.

1. Police Reform: We must work together to care for our communities and to fundamentally reform how and whom we police, what we criminalize, and how we respond to community needs. Policing must be transformed to align with community-oriented principles with the aim of building collaboration and mutual trust. Natalia believes that police officers do not belong in schools and should not be the first responders sent to deal with mental health incidents. We must therefore reduce the size and budget of the police force and expand the social, mental and behavioral health services that keep communities healthy and safe.
   
   Reform will also require testing and implementing evidence-based solutions to ensure our law enforcement policies and procedures are just and equitable. Importantly, the voices of those that are disproportionately affected by policing should be leading the conversation about what type of public safety they want and need.
   
   
2. Police violence: Police kill around 1,000 people each year, with Black people killed at rates three times higher than whites. And Black people and communities of color have for too long unjustly suffered at the hands of police brutality without seeing justice for the crimes committed. Natalia will therefore support policies that ensure accountability and transparency among police across the U.S. She believes that officers under investigation should not be given paid administrative leave and those who have used excessive force should not be re-hired. She would support legislation that ends qualified immunity and call for a national registry of police-involved killings, with publicly available data, to keep departments accountable and bring justice to victims. And finally, Natalia believes that military weapons do not belong in the hands of police and in our neighborhood streets.
   
   
3. Pretrial reform: In the U.S. today more than half a million people are in pre-trial detention, meaning they are being held in jail while awaiting trial. The reason for our growing jail populations, often composed of people from marginalized communities, is the increased use of monetary bail and requirements for upfront payment across jurisdictions. These practices criminalize poverty and need to be eliminated. We need to end cash bail and eliminate the fines and fees that can be assessed prior to adjudication. We also need legislation that evaluates the impacts of these policy changes to ensure they do not worsen existing inequalities. Natalia is in favor of prohibiting those risk assessment tools that perpetuate racial inequities among our jailed populations.
   
   
4. Sentencing reform: Current sentencing policies are excessive and discriminatory. Research has shown that Black people and individuals with lower levels of education and income are given substantially longer sentences, leaving lasting consequences. Lengthy sentences are associated with negative outcomes for individuals’ physical and mental health, family wellbeing, earnings and employment. This history of harsh sentencing laws has also contributed to growing numbers of elderly and terminally ill people in prison. Natalia believes that sentencing reform must be comprehensive, with a focus on eliminating mandatory minimums. Incarcerated people suffering from severe, debilitating or terminal illness should be given “compassionate release.” Natalia opposes the death penalty because of its cruelty, cost, and history of discrimination against people of color. She will also support alternatives to detention; as incarceration, including electronic monitoring, should be our last resort. Furthermore, she supports the federal legalization of marijuana and believes that nobody should be in jail for non-violent marijuana-related charges.
   
   
   
5. Improving the conditions for those already incarcerated: In addition to drastically shrinking the size of prison and jail populations, there is much to be done to improve the living conditions of those who are currently incarcerated. Access to educational opportunities for incarcerated people should be encouraged and funded. Incarcerated people should also have access to nutritious food, clean drinking water, adequate mental and physical health care. Moreover, solitary confinement can induce psychologic distress and individuals with mental health problems are more likely to be placed in solitary confinement. We must end the use of solitary confinement, especially for juveniles.
   
   
6. Protecting health and rights during COVID-19: As we continue to deal with the public health crisis caused by COVID-19, we need to act with the understanding that keeping people incarcerated poses a threat to their lives as well as the lives of those who work in these settings. Incarcerated Americans have suffered disproportionately during COVID-19 because the virus spreads in close proximity, incarcerated people cannot self-isolate, and many have high levels of underlying chronic disease. In some prisons and jails, incarcerated individuals lack consistent access to soap, testing, and quality medical care. Protecting incarcerated people is a public safety that protects us all because correctional staff, visitors, contractors, and vendors returning to their homes can also bring infectious diseases into their communities. Decarceration efforts must be part of an equitable COVID-19 response, as detailed in Natalia’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Plan.
   
   
7. Investment in reintegration: Individuals returning to their communities after imprisonment often face barriers to reintegration. We must remove barriers to employment, housing, and civic engagement (including the right to vote), strengthen protections from discrimination, and invest in evidence-based reintegration efforts that reduce recidivism and help break the cycle of incarceration. And since technical violations of parole or probation are the primary reason for reincarceration among individuals under community supervision, not new crimes, Natalia would support policies that reduce the intensity of community supervision requirements, which often undermine successful reintegration. And finally, Natalia would support COVID-19 reintegration efforts, like financial support for individuals released during the pandemic.

Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights↓

Deep-rooted discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community and inadequate protections for LGBTQ+ rights and privileges remains a challenge across the U.S.

Natalia understands that the LGBTQ+ community is a diverse one, not only when it comes to sexual orientation, but also age, race, ethnicity, immigration status, socioeconomic position, and family needs. The challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community are as varied as its members -- from racism and xenophobia to housing discrimination, inadequate access to health care, paid family leave, and food insecurity -- with LGBTQ+ BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) and those who identify as trans or nonbinary often disproportionately affected.

Natalia is committed to supporting the policies that address the diversity of the LGBTQ+ population’s needs to ensure the health and wellbeing of the entire community. In order to do that, she will fight to ensure that our LGBTQ+ neighbors feel safe at home and at school, have secure access to doctors who believe and meet their needs, and are protected and respected in the workplace. In Congress, Natalia would hold the Trump Administration accountable for violating numerous legal and civil statutes protecting LGBTQ+ persons and advance legislation to expand protections and services across the United States.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Supporting the Equality Act to ensure equal protection under the law for LGBTQ+ persons. She sees this as an expansion of the Civil Rights Act.
   
   
2. Building coalitions with other Progressive Caucus members and LGBTQ+ focused organizations to fight for congressional oversight and subpoenas of Trump Administration departments that use claims of religious freedom to justify phobic policies that discriminate against LGBTQ+ persons.
   
   
3. Drafting and advocating for legislation that bans discrimination against LGBTQ+ persons in foster and child protection programs run by federal agencies.
   
   
4. Drafting and advocating for legislation to increase funding under the purview of special education allocations to provide grants to high-need (Title I) schools. This will provide for training and retention of highly qualified, trauma-informed mental health practitioners who can provide support, counseling, and care to LBGTBQ+ students and their families.
   
   
5. Ending the discriminatory ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood.

Health Care Reform↓

The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us how deadly the consequences can be when inadequate access and high healthcare costs are a barrier to testing and treatment. While federal legislation has aimed to provide free testing and treatment for COVID-19, major gaps remain and 14% of Americans (approximately 46 million people) still say they would avoid seeking care for COVID-19 due to fear about costs. This must be addressed immediately. At the same time, our healthcare system is fundamentally broken in ways that go beyond COVID-19. Almost half of Americans between the ages of 19 and 64 have inadequate health insurance and health care costs remain the leading cause of household bankruptcy. Natalia has been fighting for health equity her entire career and believes health is a human right.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Fighting for Medicare for All: In Congress, she will fight for Medicare for All to control costs and ensure equitable access to care, especially for the uninsured and underinsured. She also understands that rapidly moving away from an employer-based insurance system may be difficult for many Americans and will work to ensure continuity of care so Americans can continue seeing the nurses, doctors, and care providers they value. Natalia is committed to creating an America where no one avoids seeking care because they can’t afford it.
   
   
2. Enhancing Paid Parental Leave: Research has repeatedly shown that forming strong parent-child bonds early on is critical for a child’s development and for mothers’ recovery post-birth. The WHO recommends breastfeeding exclusively for the first 6 months, something that is difficult to do when parents must return to work much earlier than that. Unfortunately, most working Americans do not have access to paid parental leave. Parents shouldn’t have to choose between what the public health community recommends and what their employer demands. Natalia supports offering 12 weeks of paid family leave to any person who is a caregiver for a new child. This would apply to all types of parents, including LGBTQ+ families and adoptive parents. Natalia also supports providing an additional 4 weeks for birth mothers to support in their recovery.
   
   
3. Improving the Affordability of Prescription Drugs: The high cost of pharmaceutical drugs is a challenge for many across the country and in Massachusetts. Insulin, used to treat Type 2 diabetes, and PREP, used to prevent HIV, are two drugs with particularly high costs. These costs disproportionately affect low-income and vulnerable communities. As Congresswoman, Natalia would support a provision in Medicare for All that allows the federal government to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. This would create more affordable options for consumers who rely on insulin and other prescription drugs to stay healthy.
   
   
4. Ending the opioid overdose crisis: The opioid epidemic has been assaulting families and communities across the U.S. for two decades and our District has some of the hardest hit areas in the state of Massachusetts. Opioid misuse is a disease and a public health problem, not a moral failing or criminal justice issue. Natalia will fight for more federal support, including for prevention programs such as alternative pain treatment strategies, educating providers to prevent over-prescription of opioids, providing adequate sick leave to workers, and supporting first-responder naloxone training programs. She will also increase access to evidence-based harm reduction strategies for opioid-use disorders and the availability of treatment, especially community-based medication-assisted treatment.
   
   
5. Ensuring that the health care sector and hospitals ‘walk the talk:’ Natalia will advocate for reducing their emissions through better energy, water, and waste management policies in health care facilities. Natalia will support policies to build climate resilience in the health care sector to ensure continuous operations during climate emergencies, and encourage stronger advocacy from doctors, nurses, and public health professionals to address the climate emergency.
   
   
6. Promoting vital health innovation: Even as COVID-19 has exposed critical problems with our economic and healthcare systems, it has also highlighted how years of underinvestment in public health infrastructure and health-related research has cost our country dearly. As a hub for research, District 4 and its neighboring districts in MA are poised to contribute to 21st-century health innovations in fields from law to medicine to public health. We cannot harness this innovative thinking if we do not increase federal resources for research so Natalia commits to promote federal funding for health research, including multi-disciplinary research that focuses on health equity.

Workers Rights & Unemployment ↓

While the costs of housing, healthcare, and transportation continue to rise, the federal minimum wage has not kept up with household expenses. Having a job is no longer enough to ensure that workers can provide for their families and live in dignity. Natalia will fight for policies to enhance workers rights and lessen the burdens felt by working families.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Fighting for 15: Natalia’s own research has shown that increasing the minimum wage not only benefits people’s livelihoods, it can save lives. As Congresswoman, Natalia will support measures to increase the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 per hour, and transitioning away from tipped systems that contribute to gender inequities and discrimination.
   
   
2. Gender equality in the workplace: Women still face barriers in the workplace including unequal pay, harassment and a lack of basic provisions guaranteed in most developed countries such as adequate parental leave. Black women in the United States made 61% of a non-Hispanic white man’s salary in 2018. Women of color are also more likely to work in lower-paying service occupations such as domestic work or healthcare assistance than in any other sector. Women hold a large portion of these jobs, putting themselves and their families at risk for contracting Covid-19 without adequate compensation. Natalia is committed to amending the Civil Rights Acts and other protective labor laws, through the Equality Act or otherwise, to prevent workplace gender discrimination including protecting the labor rights of LGBTQ+ workers.
   
   
3. Reforming unemployment insurance: COVID-19 has shown that we need federal unemployment reform that ensures a basic safety net for all Americans, especially during times of crisis. Natalia will advocate for a federal unemployment insurance program that sets a national floor for wage replacement, extends the duration of unemployment benefits, and ensures continuing investment in retirement plans, even if a worker is temporarily unemployed. She will also work hard to reduce the administrative burdens of accessing unemployment insurance and other government benefits.
   
   
4. Paid sick leave: A lack of paid sick time is bad for workers, bad for employers, and bad for public health. Workers should never have to choose between their paychecks and their coworkers’ health, especially during a global pandemic. Yet, more than half of people working in the service industry—many of whom are the essential workers—do not have paid sick time. By contrast, more than 90 percent of people working in management, business or finance do. Natalia will fight for a federal guarantee of paid sick leave for all employees. Further, Natalia will advocate for additional paid sick time for caregivers, to ensure that we can take care of our loved ones.

Safe & Affordable Housing ↓

Access to safe and affordable housing is essential for healthy communities and economic prosperity. Yet chronic underinvestment in public transportation and housing across the United States has left many people without adequate resources to meet their basic needs. Broken and exclusionary housing policies discriminate against marginalized communities and have led to a nationwide homelessness crisis, only made worse by the COVID-19 crisis, highlighting the urgent need for reform.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Addressing systemic racism and injustice in housing policy: Historically, building wealth in the United States requires home or land ownership. Yet nationwide, the homeownership rate of white Americans outpaces that of Black Americans by nearly 30 percentage points. Congress must pursue solutions that explicitly address the injustices caused by redlining and similar policies that have resulted in these unfair outcomes. Natalia will support policies to provide down payment assistance on homes and make building wealth easier for people of color who were left out of similar policies in the past. Addressing these disparities is more than a moral imperative - it’s an economic and public health necessity.
   
   
2. Prioritizing shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic: Natalia supports expanding moratoria on evictions and rent freezes. Natalia will also call for programs that cancel rent and mortgage payment obligations during the pandemic while making landlords and lenders whole. In addition, she will prioritize immediate spending to address widespread homelessness. Natalia will work to ensure investment in service-centered shelters and direct housing provisions as part of a Housing First approach to supporting our neighbors.
   
   
3. Investing in housing programs and construction: Congress must prioritize making housing more affordable. Housing policy is complex, but at its heart is a simple supply-and-demand proposition: we haven’t produced enough accessible housing to keep up with population and job growth, especially in urban metros like Greater Boston. In addition to addressing exclusionary zoning and other local hurdles, Natalia will fight for direct federal investment in affordable housing production as part of a Green New Deal that will create jobs while reducing rent costs.

Transportation Access & Affordability ↓

Affordable and accessible transit is a public good that supports economic development and community well-being. Unfortunately, public transportation lacks the needed funding to serve the populations that could most benefit. During COVID-19, many public transportation agencies have had to curtail service due to lost fare revenues, creating an undue burden for nurses, sanitation workers, grocery store clerks, and other essential workers who rely on this transportation every day.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Working with state and local officials to push for federal funding for free bus service and subsidized transit access in low-income communities.
   
   
2. Fighting for expanded federal investment in affordable public transportation here in Massachusetts and nationwide.
   
   
3. Reducing transit emissions: Addressing climate change will require innovative transit policy solutions. As a Congresswoman, Natalia will fight for a broad array of policy actions that support sustainable transportation. For example: congestion pricing for heavily-used corridors, such as main throughways in Greater Boston during commutes, market-based tools like cap and trade, and the Green New Deal to invest in transportation services and jobs that conserve and protect our natural resources.

Gun Violence↓

Gun violence in America is an epidemic. It is also preventable. Every day, more than 100 Americans are killed by guns. As parents, we worry that our children may not be safe at school, at the movie theater, or at a concert. And, far too many Americans who struggle with mental health take their own lives using firearms, which is an enormous loss to friends, families and communities.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Implementing practical, effective protections at a national scale: Natalia supports the introduction of strong background checks for firearm purchases in Massachusetts and across the United States. Natalia also believes weapons of war don’t belong on American streets and supports a federal ban on assault weapons. Natalia also supports laws that will temporarily remove firearms from persons at extreme risk to themselves or others.
   
   
2. Investing in research to find solutions: For too long, research on this issue has been effectively banned from receiving federal funding. Federal funding for research will save lives and must be continued. Natalia supports Congress’ decision to provide funding for the CDC’s National Violent Death Reporting System, and will continue to fight for the policies and studies to learn about to prevent gun-related deaths.

Immigration↓

As a proud first-generation American, Natalia understands the power of immigration to fuel our economy and enrich our communities. Natalia supports expanding legal immigration and comprehensive immigration reform that includes a clear roadmap to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people who live in the U.S. and contribute to our society, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, individuals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and those under Deferred Enforced Departure (DEP). Importantly, Natalia will denounce and fight to rescind immigration policies that discriminate against people based on race, religion, or nationality.

Americans have lost faith in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) especially in light of separating families and locking up children in cages, resulting in trauma and deaths at the hands of the US government. These blatant human rights violations have no place in our government and must end immediately.

Natalia is also opposed to the announcement by the Trump Administration that international students who have been forced to transition to online coursework due to COVID-19 will be stripped of their U.S. visas. This damages both to our international standing and to our rich history of international academic exchange. International students should not be the victims of xenophobic policies and we must fight to protect their rights.

Climate Action & Environmental Justice↓

Combating climate change can be done in both an equitable and economically viable way. We can fight climate change while creating jobs and enhancing the livability of our communities. Natalia will advocate for the Green New Deal and policies that get us to a greener future.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Transitioning to renewable energy and putting a price on carbon: Natalia will push for investing in clean energy and infrastructure, leveraging current low demand for fossil fuels, and ensuring bailouts and investments are focused on renewable energy. She will support a carbon tax, while ensuring that these efforts do not negatively impact low-income households. In Congress, Natalia will be a strong advocate for offshore wind, which can generate a significant amount of clean affordable energy for Massachusetts, and create jobs and economic opportunities for Fall River, Taunton, and Somerset.
   
   
2. Creating a just transition to a low-carbon economy: Natalia will support efforts to invest in career pathways in the low-carbon economy, worker training and re-training for those harmed by the energy transition, as well as providing support for displaced workers.
   
   
3. Ensuring that the health care sector and hospitals ‘walk the talk.’: Natalia will advocate for reducing their emissions through better energy, water, and waste management policies in health care facilities. Natalia will support policies to build climate resilience in the health care sector to ensure continuous operations during climate emergencies, and encourage stronger advocacy from doctors, nurses, and public health professionals to address the climate emergency.
   
   
4. Creating a transportation policy that works for people and the environment: As a Congresswoman, Natalia will focus on securing federal funding for public transportation projects that can improve the quality of life for the citizens of the district, like the South Coast Rail, as well as walkable neighborhoods and bike lanes that enable active living. Investments to reduce GHG emissions of the transportation sector, aligned with transit-oriented development, will also provide needed transportation options for people to get to work, school, or the doctor.
   
   
5. Engaging the youth movement: Natalia believes that youth and youth movements are an essential voice for climate and environmental policy. She is committed not only to listening to their voices and perspectives, but also ensuring that she is inviting those most impacted, including youth of color and Indigenous youth, to shape the plans and solutions of the future.
   
   
6. Leading the world: The United States must urgently return to the role of a global leader on climate and as a Congresswoman, Natalia will work to mobilize support for the U.S. to immediately re-enter the Paris Climate Accord and rally other nations to aggressively pursue environmental targets.

Protecting Sexual & Reproductive Health ↓

Sexual and reproductive health are not just women’s health issues — they are a key part of upholding the right to health. No person should be denied access to sexual and reproductive health care and information or the ability to make decisions about their own bodies.

Natalia is committed to:

1. Codifying Roe v. Wade in law: Natalia will fight to ensure that the right to choose is upheld across the nation, and to provide robust resources for comprehensive sexual education.
   
   
2. Restoring federal support for vital reproductive health services
   
   
3. Working to repeal the Hyde Amendment which prevents the use of Medicaid funding for abortion services
   
   
4. Fight to repeal the Mexico City Policy or global gag rule that restricts access to abortion and other services from foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. federal funding.

Global Leadership ↓

The Trump Administration has systematically attacked international institutions and undermined U.S. leadership on the global stage. Yet District 4's biggest challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change, require U.S. leadership and international cooperation. From her 10+ years of experience at the United Nations, Natalia is uniquely qualified to tackle issues that transcend our national borders. Through her experience working with Afghan, Syrian, Iraqi, and Palestinian refugees, Natalia has also seen the human cost of war up close and knows that diplomacy and working with partners and allies can prevent "forever wars.”

Natalia is committed to:

1. Investing in American diplomacy through increased funding for the State Department.
   
   
2. Fully funding the World Health Organization and reversing the Trump Administration’s irresponsible decision to withdraw from the WHO in the middle of a global pandemic.
   
   
3. Rejoining the Paris Agreement as part of a comprehensive, international approach to fighting climate change.
   
   
4. Ending "forever wars" that continue to cost lives, money, and lead to mass displacement of innocent people.

Reparations ↓

The U.S. is having a moment of reckoning and must come to terms with its racist history and the ongoing structural racism. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s "The Color of Wealth" study, Black Bostonians have a median net worth of $8, while their white neighbors have a median net worth of $247,000. These economic disparities have come about through our shameful history of slavery and Jim Crow, racist government policies such as redlining and the exclusion of agricultural and domestic workers from the Social Security Act of 1935, and the health inequities we see today in maternal and neonatal deaths, COVID-19 burden, and life expectancy. Natalia is a strong proponent for reparations as an economic tool to begin to correct the financial impact of systemic racial injustice in our country.

Transparency & Accountability ↓

Natalia strongly believes in accountability and financial transparancy in the political process and is committed to demonstrating this through her actions.

Below are Natalia's financial and ethics disclosure documents:

Facebook sentiment analysis August 2020

Ethics Disclosure Form

FEC Disclosure Form 3

FEC Disclosure Form 3 Q2 Pre-Primary

2017 Tax Return

2018 Tax Return

2019 Tax Return