Kiyomi Kowalski is a Marine Corps veteran and mom who is currently running for school board in Las Virgenes, CA, an upscale district near Los Angeles that includes residents like the Kardashians. This is Kiyomi’s second time in the arena, after running for this same seat unsuccessfully in 2018. Over the course of her two campaigns, she has learned a lot about what it means to seek political office as a woman of color and as a political outsider. In this episode, she explores how her military service has informed her leadership as a candidate, and she discusses the challenges of seeking to become the only person of color on an otherwise all-white school board.
At the end of the episode, Kiyomi lifts up a local organization called the Law Project of Law Angeles that is working to provide holistic legal services to children and families involved in LA's criminal justice system.
