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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Miyares and Sears both embody the immigrant story and American dream.  Both are truly inspirational.[/quote]

Yes, they do.  So do Herring and Ayala.  What a great election!  [/quote]

Sorry, Ayala was born and raised in Northern Virginia with all the privileges. She is only 1/4 black and 3/4 white. [/quote]

Ayala is Black, Hispanic and Lebanese.  [/quote]

Aren't the first words out of her mouth in her campaign ad describing herself as an "Afro-Latina"?  She seems to be a complete lightweight running entirely on identity politics.  What has she ever accomplished? [/quote]

She's the child of an immigrant (like Miyares and Sears, so I assume you will find it similarly inspiring for Ayala).  Her father was killed when she was two years old, and hen she was raised in poverty by a single mother.  She got her first job at 15 to help support her family.  She finished high school but had to drop out of college after her first year to continue to support her family.

When her son was born, Ayala was a single mother working in a gas station who then worked incredibly hard to get a better job and pull herself out of poverty.  As she got better job opportunities, she was able to go back to school for additional certifications to continue to advance.  Her son was diagnosed with autism at an early age, and she became an engaged advocate for children with special needs after her son's Prince William County elementary school refused to provide special education services.  That advocacy work is what led her to get involved in politics more broadly, because she understood very personally what it's like to be working two jobs to make ends meet for your family while also making sure your children's needs are being met.  Oh, and in the middle of it she adopted a second child, a teenager, out of foster care.

Ayala's held a number of leadership positions in the four years she's been serving in the House of Delegates because she established herself early as someone who could work cooperatively with others, including reaching across the aisle to find compromises.  [/quote]

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