Busy. Hectic. Things happening that you’re not really prepared for. But you just have to deal with things as they come up.

I’m a candidate for the Nebraska legislature in Omaha’s District 8. I’ve been ramping up to this for two years. I’ve never held public office before, but I feel like my experience as an entrepreneur and small-business owner gives me some unique perspectives about budgeting and organizational management. And my experience as an activist and mother gives me some interesting things that I can take with me too to inform policy I want to make.

Entrepreneurship. Activism. Political advocacy. I think all those things go completely hand in hand. Companies like mine, Hello Holiday, I think we’re benefiting from leveraging our political beliefs in today’s social and political climate because we’re telling our customers, “We’re with you.”

Read the full article edited by Nick Fouriezos and watch the video by Maura Friedman at OZY.com.