Yes. I have volunteered on campaigns at all 3 levels of government throughout my lifetime. That experience can be credited with a lot of my commitment to civic responsibility and a sense of the need for community belonging today.

That being said, I have found that as our society has changed and polarization and political extremes are increasingly the norm, I am less inclined to entirely hitch my wagon to a singular party at any level of government.
That is why municipal politics appeal to me so strongly at this moment in time. The ability to make an individual vote based on my ethics, the voices of our most effected community members, and the overarching needs of our city must be paramount in our decision-making at this critical juncture.

The benefit of being a candidate with no slate, no party platform, and no voting block is that I can make decisions based on what I hear from the constituents who are most impacted by the questions at hand.