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QUALIFICATIONS
I am motivated, and a hard worker.
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I graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, having entered as a Notre Dame Scholar (designation given to the top ten percent of the incoming freshmen based on grades/test scores. At Notre Dame, I spent two years as a math major, then pivoted to a degree in biology after deciding to attend medical school. After finishing medical school in the top third of my class, I went on to do a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Rutgers) in New Jersey. After completing my 3 year training there, I was asked to stay on as a chief resident, which is an honor given the graduating resident who is considered the most impressive clinician, leader, and teacher.
I have devoted my career to helping children.
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I have spent the last 16 years working as a pediatrician. I currently work for the Erie Health Center, which is a federally funded health clinic in Waukegan that mainly serves low-income families. There the medical and psychosocial needs of patients are quite complex. Advocating for them is the norm; interactions with DCFS, school nurses, school psychologists, and behavioral health specialists is time consuming, challenging, and at times exhausting. But gratifying and special as well. Just as I'm an advocate for my patients, if elected to the D128 school board, I will be an advocate for all District 128 children.
I am a parent to a current LHS junior, 8th grader, and 3rd grader.
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I have seen first hand through my 11th grader, what is amazing at District 128, and perhaps what needs work. Having other children who will be attending LHS in the future, I am personally invested in D128 for many more years.
I have experience working with others on behalf of children.
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Through the American Academy of Pediatrics, I have experience advocating for children on the state level. For example, I was one of six other pediatricians chosen to work with state health officials and the Illinois Educational Association this past summer regarding opening schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have experience working with school districts.
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I was a member of the District 70 (Libertyville elementary and middle schools) reopening committee that worked to successfully open D70 schools safely during the pandemic. I continue to advocate there, to make adjustments and
improvements in the plans. I also have volunteered extensively at all of the schools my children have been a part of. Specifially at LHS, I have volunteered at the spirit store, in the CRC, at homecoming and turnabout dances, and at the HeartSmart's cardiac screening event for high school students.
I have experience working with finances.
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For many years before working at Erie, I worked as a private practice pediatrician. There the costs of running a practice had to be carefully considered, given the revenue it generated. Rising health care costs and the burden it has placed on Americans forces physicians to manage patients in a way that is cost effective, carefully weighing the needs of certain tests and procedures with their necessity. Likewise, as a school board member, I will carefully consider how taxpayer's hard earned dollars are spent, making sure that they are spent wisely.
QUALIFICATIONS
I am motivated, and a hard worker.
​
I graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, having entered as a Notre Dame Scholar (designation given to the top ten percent of the incoming freshmen based on grades/test scores. At Notre Dame, I spent two years as a math major, then pivoted to a degree in biology after deciding to attend medical school. After finishing medical school in the top third of my class, I went on to do a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Rutgers) in New Jersey. After completing my 3 year training there, I was asked to stay on as a chief resident, which is an honor given the graduating resident who is considered the most impressive clinician, leader, and teacher.
I have devoted my career to helping children.
​
I have spent the last 16 years working as a pediatrician. I currently work for the Erie Health Center, which is a federally funded health clinic in Waukegan that mainly serves low-income families. There the medical and psychosocial needs of patients are quite complex. Advocating for them is the norm; interactions with DCFS, school nurses, school psychologists, and behavioral health specialists is time consuming, challenging, and at times exhausting. But gratifying and special as well. Just as I'm an advocate for my patients, if elected to the D128 school board, I will be an advocate for all District 128 children.
I am a parent to a current LHS junior, 8th grader, and 3rd grader.
​
I have seen first hand through my 11th grader, what is amazing at District 128, and perhaps what needs work. Having other children who will be attending LHS in the future, I am personally invested in D128 for many more years.
I have experience working with others on behalf of children.
​
Through the American Academy of Pediatrics, I have experience advocating for children on the state level. For example, I was one of six other pediatricians chosen to work with state health officials and the Illinois Educational Association this past summer regarding opening schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have experience working with school districts.
​
I was a member of the District 70 (Libertyville elementary and middle schools) reopening committee that worked to successfully open D70 schools safely during the pandemic. I continue to advocate there, to make adjustments and
improvements in the plans. I also have volunteered extensively at all of the schools my children have been a part of. Specifially at LHS, I have volunteered at the spirit store, in the CRC, at homecoming and turnabout dances, and at the HeartSmart's cardiac screening event for high school students.
I have experience working with finances.
​
For many years before working at Erie, I worked as a private practice pediatrician. There the costs of running a practice had to be carefully considered, given the revenue it generated. Rising health care costs and the burden it has placed on Americans forces physicians to manage patients in a way that is cost effective, carefully weighing the needs of certain tests and procedures with their necessity. Likewise, as a school board member, I will carefully consider how taxpayer's hard earned dollars are spent, making sure that they are spent wisely.
QUALIFICATIONS
I am motivated, and a hard worker.
​
​
I graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, having entered as a Notre Dame Scholar (designation given to the top ten percent of incoming freshmen based on grades/test scores). At Notre Dame, I spent two years as a math major, then pivoted to a degree in biology after deciding to attend medical school. After finishing medical school in the top third of my class, I went on to do a pediatric residency at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (Rutgers) in New Jersey. After completing my 3 year training there, I was asked to stay on as a chief resident, which is an honor given to the graduating resident who is considered the most impressive clinician, leader, and teacher.
I have devoted my career to helping children.
​
I have spent the last 16 years working as a pediatrician. I currently work for the Erie Health Center, which is a federally funded health clinic in Waukegan that mainly serves low-income families. There the medical and psychosocial needs of patients are quite complex. Advocating for them is the norm; interactions with DCFS, school nurses, school psychologists, and behavioral health specialists is time consuming, challenging, and at times exhausting. But gratifying and special as well. Just as I'm an advocate for my patients, if elected to the D128 School Board, I will be an advocate for all District 128 children.
I am a parent to an LHS junior, 8th grader, and 3rd grader.
​
I have seen first hand through my 11th grader, what is amazing at District 128, and perhaps what needs work. Having other children who will be attending LHS in the future, I am personally invested in D128 for many more years.
I have experience working with others on behalf of children.
​
Through the American Academy of Pediatrics, I have experience advocating for children on the state level. For example, I was one of six other pediatricians chosen to work with state health officials and the Illinois Education Association this past summer regarding opening schools safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have experience working with school districts.
​
I am a member of the District 70 (Libertyville elementary and middle schools) reopening committee that worked to successfully open D70 schools during the pandemic. I also have volunteered extensively at all of the schools my children have been a part of. Specifially at LHS, I have volunteered at the spirit store, in the CRC, at homecoming and turnabout dances, and at the HeartSmart's cardiac screening event for high school students.
I have experience working with finances.
​
For many years before working at Erie, I worked as a private practice pediatrician. There the costs of running a practice had to be carefully considered, given the revenue it generated. Rising health care costs and the burden it has placed on Americans forces physicians to manage patients in a way that is cost effective, carefully weighing the needs of certain tests and procedures with their necessity. Likewise, as a school board member, I will carefully consider how taxpayers' hard- earned dollars are spent, making sure that they are spent wisely.
