Imagine a president who leads with a sense of justice, empathy, truth, and a rare combination of superior intelligence and humility. An enlightened president guided by faith and a genuine commitment to service, who speaks with extraordinary eloquence and clarity on complex issues and pragmatic solutions.

Imagine a president who models dignity, discipline, and excellence. A president who confronts the challenges we face with boldness and with courage, who values respect and teamwork, and who reaches out to every American, inviting everyone to be heard and welcoming all to take part in building a future in which each of us and generations to come will be able to live and thrive.

The times call for the strength and qualities of leadership enlisted at our founding and through periods of existential threat to our nation. If the founders and framers could have imagined America on this precipice, they would have imagined a President Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to see us through and into the new era.

Diane M. Rodriguez, East Longmeadow