I interned with the legendary Congressman Joe Moakley.

I interned with the legendary Congressman Joe Moakley.

He taught me how to make government work for regular people. He was such a forward thinker on Central American policy. He was a true leader. He put me to work on a backlog of immigration files for people who wanted our help in this district.
My mother raised me and my two brothers.

My mother raised me and my two brothers.

My parents married in 1969 and divorced in the mid-80s. As a single parent, my mother struggled to find her footing in the workforce and raise her three kids in Reading. Here she is in 2018. 
My mother’s family, they were Fitzgibbons.

My mother’s family, they were Fitzgibbons.

My great-grandmother, “Nana Fitz,” was the matriarch of fierce Irish women.  One of 18 siblings, she was a single mother who raised 9 children and worked full time as a short order cook.