Team, in a moment I’m hoping you will chip in $10 to my people-powered campaign. It may not seem like a lot, but if everyone reading this chips in just $10, we’ll be ready to win. But first, I want you to know who I am and tell you my story: »

I grew up the son of hardworking farmworkers. My family lived in a small trailer in rural California where my brother and I shared a bed that, in the daytime, converted into a kitchen table.

When I was a teenager, I walked in the desert heat to local businesses asking them to invest in our community by investing in me and my dreams of a college education. I made them a promise that I would come back to the Coachella Valley to serve our community as a physician.

I can’t imagine where I would be if my family or the community I grew up in didn’t have my back.

But I’m worried. MAGA Republicans in Washington are threatening to slam the door shut on the American Dream that uplifts communities like mine.

Their plans to slash public education budgets, ship American manufacturing overseas, and make home ownership less accessible undercuts hard-working families, making it nearly impossible for everyday Americans to get by.

This isn’t an accident, friend. It’s a policy choice. And I’m sick of it.

I’ve spent my life seeing the people of our community be left out and overlooked by people in power. And I’ve spent my career as an emergency physician and in public service fighting to change that.

But I need your help, friend. Together we can defeat the MAGA agenda that aims to shred the American Dream. But I can’t do that without you – can you pitch in $10 (or anything you can afford today) toward our 1,000 donation goal today and help strengthen our Democratic agenda? »

Thank you for being with me in this fight,

Raul