Core Beliefs
Housing is a human right:
An estimated 1.6 billion people—one-fifth of humanity—lack access to adequate housing according to the UN. On top of this rent and housing prices are continually rising. I believe that everyone has a fundamental right to adequate housing. Our societies use of housing as a commodity is denying people a basic human need. Housing should be given freely without prerequisites. Unfortunately housing is rarely treated as a human right and this must change.
We must empower people to take control of their health
We need to create a society where people are healthy by default. Optimal health and well-being should be the norm. "If we were to identify one big lever to pull to improve global health, create economic abundance, reduce social injustice and mental illness, restore environmental health, and reverse climate change, it would be transforming our entire food system. That is the most important work of our time—work that must begin now.
There is one place that nearly everything that matters in the world today converges: our food and our food system—the complex web of how we grow food, how we produce, distribute, and promote it; what we eat, what we waste, and the policies that perpetuate unimaginable suffering and destruction across the globe that deplete our human, social, economic, and natural capital. Food is the nexus of most of our world’s health, economic, environmental, climate, social, and even political crises. While this may seem like an exaggeration, it is not. The problem is much worse than we think." - Dr. Mark Hyman, MD
Creating Housing for All
I am currently working with local San Diego non-profits and organizations to better understand the societal roadblocks we have created that block people from accessing housing. I am helping place people in homes while mapping the barriers, systems, and processes used to place people in housing. I am also looking for opportunities to build or purchase homes for those experiencing homelessness. If you are aligned in the belief that housing is a right and or have insights or resources to share in this area please reach out.