As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody.

As an immigrant, I have lived, in a way, the American dream, and I want to make sure that opportunity is available for everybody.

I have a little yoga ritual that I do just to move my body around. Whatever I do, it's usually very fast because often I don't have the kind of time that I would like to.

I have a little yoga ritual that I do just to move my body around. Whatever I do, it's usually very fast because often I don't have the kind of time that I would like to.

I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it.

I'm not a complainer. I'm a doer. So if I see something is wrong, then I feel like I have to get in there and try to fix it.

I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful.

I come from a state in India that is a matrilineal state, Kerala. And so women really are seen as very powerful.

There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life.

There's nothing normal about graduating with massive student debt, where you live in fear of predatory debt collectors and wage garnishers even as you are starting to live your life.

Profiting from student loans is usury, and we just can't continue to allow it.

Profiting from student loans is usury, and we just can't continue to allow it.

We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free.

We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free.

OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington.

OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington.

I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.

I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you in the face every day.

For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you in the face every day.