The high cost of campaigning is a barrier for women, people of color, and anyone who cannot afford to buy their way into office. It's the reason Leni has fought for campaign finance reform for years. Consider pitching in today for buttons, yard signs, and postcards — and join Leni on the campaign trail!

My platform is rooted in my fundamental values that health, housing, and safety are human rights. These values were foundational to my activism, continue to be foundational to my campaign, and will be foundational to my work as alderwoman.

After the 2016 election, I felt the deep concern that many of us did: I'm a woman. I'm a person of color. I'm queer. These are some of the many identities that we knew were in danger.

Rather than let that feeling overwhelm me, I got to work, organizing with my community.

Like many of us, my activism was activated after the 2016 election. In 2017, I co-founded Indivisible Illinois, a statewide group following the principles of the Indivisible guide to defend our democracy, and Indivisible IL9 – Andersonville-Edgewater right here in the 48th ward.

I am so proud that my people-powered campaign submitted the second-highest number of signatures of all of the 48th ward candidates running.

I know I can serve our community as an alderwoman because I am this community!

We're throwing a party to support Leni at Nobody’s Darling on Nov 2 from 5-8pm — join us! There will be raffles, a special drink, Leni will be STARtending, and we may get a tango lesson too!

Get tickets at the door or online here: secure.actblue.com/donate/cabeceo

Today we joined JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton along with Josina Morita, Ram Villivalam and the Asian American Caucus to unite in our commitment to make Illinois a welcoming state.