About Ferguson

After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Cinema-Television, I packed up my Pontiac Grand Prix full of my clothes and belongings and drove from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles, California.

I struggled in Los Angeles. I know what it is like to worry about being able to pay your rent or even have enough money for food. And that was before our current inflation problem! I moved to Palm Springs in 2010 and started running my own small business selling comic books and pursuing my dreams as a writer. I met my husband a few years later and we were married in 2016.

Having lived here for 15 years, I have seen firsthand how our community stands up to discrimination and injustice. They see the damage that Republicans are doing and they want someone to stand up and fight for them. I am running so the people in this district will know that when their livelihoods or even their lives are under attack, I am there to fight for them.

Running to be a Congressional Representative is a calling, not something I ever aspired to do. When our congressional district was redrawn, we stopped having a Democrat as our Representative. Instead, we were saddled with Ken Calvert, someone who does not care about the people he represents.

With the passing of Prop 50, Palm Springs was moved out of District 41 and into District 48. Now instead of defeating Ken Calvert, I am running to defeat Darrell Issa. Like Calvert, Issa has shown time and time again that he does not care about the people he is supposed to represent. He only cares about lining his pockets and doing whatever Donald Trump tells him to do.

My neighbors, my friends, my husband, and everyone else in this district deserve a Representative who actually cares about them. A Representative who has lived and worked in the district for years and has ties to the community. A Representative who has a personal and emotional stake in what happens in this district. A Representative who won’t give up until the job is done.

That Representative is me!