When I talk to people in my district who say they are an illness away from losing their home, I don’t really care about what their political persuasion is. I think when people really cling to their identities they don’t really have sympathy for other communities and their struggles.

What has your experience been like running a campaign as a Latino-Arab under the Trump administration?

It’s been challenging but extremely promising. We need to be able to represent everyone, not specific pockets of the country. A lot of Trump supporters are not all racists, or a lot of them aren’t ignorant; they are ignored. I want people to understand, they just need a voice. That is what Trump tapped into. If I lose this race, it won’t be because I played the same partisan game.

How do you plan to implement environmentally sustainable practices?

We’ve reached out to Elon Musk’s company to make solar farming available to constituents. I also want to bring the SpaceX program to the district. Elon Musk is well on his way to privatizing space travel, and if we could tap into that by creating launch sites here, that would help create jobs.