""Obviously, I have been an advocate for public education the past five years," she said. "It will be a focus of this campaign. Right now we have Linda McMahon in charge of our Department of Education, who willingly states she will dismantle it.""

"She also said her experience having to work a second job to supplement her teaching salary gives her insight into the economy and issues of affordability that "career politicians" cannot relate to... "As an educator in the [lowest-paid state] [for teachers] in the country, I know what it's like to hustle to pay the bills.""