Discover Muscatine offered all candidates the opportunity to provide information about themselves, their campaigns and to answer a few questions to help voters get to know them better.

Office Sought: House District 96

Political Party: Democrat

Campaign Committee: Michelle Servadio Elias for Iowa

Educational Background

Name	City	State	Years	Diploma/Degree Earned
College of the Sequoias	Visalia	CA	2000-2003	AS ADN
Tulare Union High School	Tulare	CA	1984-1988	Diploma
Military Intelligence Academy	Ft. Devens	MA	1988-1989	AIT MOS Certification

Employment History

Employer	Job Title	Start Date	End Date	Brief Job Description
Retired	Registered Nurse	2003	2017	Worked in a variety of specialties: NICU, PEDS, ER, Critical Care ICU, & Dialysis / Transplant Coordinator

Public Offices Held

Office	Start Date	End Date
Muscatine County Veterans Commissioner	November 2021

Endorsements Received

Organization	Date	Contact Name	Contact Phone
AFL-CIO	August 2022	N/A	N/A
I.U.O.E. Local 150	September 2022	N/A	N/A
Iowa Federation of Labor Union	August 2022	N/A	N/A
Food & Water Action	September 2022	N/A	N/A
Progressive Turnout Project	August 2022	N/A	N/A
Veterans Caucus of Iowa Democratic Party	June 2022	N/A	N/A
Disability Caucus of the Iowa Democratic Party	N/A	N/A	N/A

Why are you running for election?

I believe we must protect and defend the Constitutional and all Amendment rights of all Iowans, cultivating the health, wealth, and prosperity of our citizens. As a veteran, my oath to the Constitution never ends. I am running for office to serve my fellow citizens … all of them.

What are the three most important issues facing your office over the next term?

Stop the Brain Drain/Workforce Crisis. Support Labor, train and attract employees with good-paying jobs to serve the needs of Iowan’s.

Funding public education and ensuring our schools are safe.

Extreme legislation that attacks personal freedoms and individuals’ right to privacy, guaranteed by the Constitution.

What are the three most important issues facing Muscatine County over the next term?

Expanding affordable healthcare, women’s reproductive healthcare, mental health care access to Muscatine County citizens.

Overcoming barriers to affordable housing opportunities for Muscatine County residents regardless of socio-economic status.

Move from fossil fuel energy dependence to renewable sustainable sources.

What is the most important thing you would like voters to know about you that they may not?

As a private citizen, I worked to get Iowa’s Hemp Act signed into law and wrote the Veterans in Crisis Care Act which became practice of the Iowa Department of Public Health for a 24-hour hold of any suicidal Iowan seeking help at our hospital emergency rooms. I led the bipartisan legislative efforts to benefit all Iowans.