Moms want a tax code, budget and set of fiscal policies that allow their families, communities, businesses and economy to thrive. Candidates running down the ballot in 2020 should take note—and remember that we all do better when moms and women do better.
Author: Elyssa Koidin Schmier
Elyssa Koidin Schmier is the Senior Campaign Director of National Early Learning and Budget for MomsRising. Her career has been focused on legislative and policy work in the field of poverty policy; she previously served as the Deputy Policy Director for the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, as a Legislative Representative for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now and in Senator Edward Kennedy and Representative John Tierney’s offices. She received her bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and her master’s degree in government at Johns Hopkins University.