Texas Deserves Moore
The People Closest to the Problems Have the Best Solutions
Every day, I walk into a classroom filled with the future of Texas.
Not a talking point. Not a statistic. Real students with real stories, real potential, and real barriers standing between them and the lives they deserve.
I see students who come from humble beginnings but excel academically. Students who speak multiple languages at home and switch seamlessly between cultures before lunchtime. Students who carry responsibility far beyond their age, yet still show up ready to learn. In one room, I have Texas, urban and rural, immigrant and native born, hopeful and frustrated, all learning side by side.
And every day, I also see what we lack.
We lack resources.
We lack wraparound specialists.
We lack updated materials.
We lack the basic funding that would allow educators to do more than stretch miracles out of thin air.
Teachers are expected to solve everything, academic gaps, mental health needs, food insecurity, language barriers, while being told to do more with less. That phrase sounds harmless until you are the one doing the work. Until you are the one explaining to a brilliant student why their school cannot offer what another zip code takes for granted.
Here is the truth too often ignored in Texas politics.
The people closest to the issues have the best solutions.
You cannot design effective education budgets from a distance. You cannot understand classroom realities through spreadsheets alone. And you cannot fix what you refuse to see.
I do not speak about public education from theory. I speak from experience.
I am in the classroom every day. I see which investments actually move students forward and which ones look good on paper but fail in practice. I know how far a dollar can go when it is directed intentionally, and how damaging it is when funding decisions are made without listening to the people doing the work.
That is why I am running.
I am running because Texas does not have a revenue problem. It has a priority problem.
Texas has the money. What we lack is the courage to align our budget with our values.
Public education is not an expense to be minimized. It is an investment in our workforce, our economy, our democracy, and our shared future. Every industry in this state, from energy to healthcare to technology, depends on students who were once sitting in classrooms like mine.
Yet time and time again, public education is treated as optional instead of foundational.
The Texas Comptroller’s office plays a powerful role in this story. It determines what we certify as available revenue. It influences what lawmakers believe is possible. It decides whether we lead with transparency or hide behind complexity.
I am running for Texas Comptroller to prove that the budget can finally fund public education the way Texas children deserve.
Not through gimmicks.
Not through slogans.
Through honest accounting, transparent reporting, and priorities grounded in lived experience.
When you have stood in front of students who are doing everything right and still being underserved, you stop accepting excuses. When you have watched teachers spend their own money just to make learning possible, you stop believing the system is working as intended.
I believe Texas can do better, because I have seen what our students can do with even a little support.
The solutions will not come from those farthest removed from the consequences. They will come from educators, parents, students, and communities who live this reality every day. My campaign is about bringing those voices into rooms where budgets are written and decisions are made.
Texas does not need more distance between leadership and lived experience.
Texas needs leadership rooted in reality.
I have Texas in my classroom.
I carry Texas with me into this race.
And I am running to make sure the numbers finally reflect the people.
Texas deserves more honesty.
Texas deserves more transparency.
Texas deserves a budget that works for the future sitting in our classrooms today.
Texas deserves Moore.