Daria Liza Avila Chevalier

Guaranteed human.

There was a lot of pressure to be wooker than thou, right?

And that has gotten us to a point where a lot of people groan or roll their eyes.

Sean Rommelstrom, let me ask you a question.

Which reminds me.

Well, this is a race that is going to have national implications, and I think the things that we're fighting for in this district apply to people across the country.

I'm running to win housing for all, to abolish ICE, to make sure that our tax dollars stop going towards these endless wars so that we can finally invest in our babies here and not in bombs that are destroying communities abroad.

You know, I actually never thought that I would run for office.

I was recruited to run.

And for me, it really isn't so much about age.

It's about the lack of presence that we felt as a community from our representative.

And I'm somebody who's been organizing in the city for over 14 years around various issues around mass incarceration, around immigration, justice around Palestine.

And not once had I heard from my representative, despite the numerous times that I'd reached out.

You know, I think what was so incredible about the mayor's race last year was that he presented a vision.

He was no longer giving us just the politics of cynicism and why we should be afraid of the other guy.

It was a vision for us to hold on to, to be able to fight for.

And, you know, that is a vision I share, a vision of government that is actually responsive to the people of the city.

And that's why I started canvassing for him and leading canvases when he was still pulling at 1%.

Yeah.

And, you know, early on, I was knocking doors in Harlem and Washington Heights, and folks were like, well, we love the vision, but can he win?