Aloha Neighbor,
My name is Nadia Alves and I’m running to represent Chinatown, Iwilei, and Mauliola (Sand Island) in the Hawaii State House of Representatives, District 28. I am a first-generation immigrant who grew up in a large, working-class, multi-generational family, something that has shaped who I am as a person and which continues to inform the way I look at politics and government today.
As the oldest of my siblings, it fell to me to help care for them and to support my mom as she worked to put food on our table and clothes on our backs. Growing up this way, I learned the values of hard work, responsibility, and the importance of family. Something else that I learned is that, unfortunately, for so many people in my community, politics often seem like something that is done to you rather than something we actively participate in and shape for ourselves. Our government only seems to work for the rich and powerful, not people like me or my family.
I believe we can do better.
We need Representatives who take the lived experience of regular working-class people with them to the legislature. My career path in life has taken many turns. My first job was making minimum wage as a cashier at a fast-food chain. I’ve also worked as a residential supervisor at a school for neurodivergent youths, a kindergarten teacher, a campaign manager of a congressional campaign, a program manager for a leadership training program, and since 2022, I’ve served as an office manager at the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
In addition, I’ve served in a variety of volunteer positions advocating for the people of Hawaii. I’ve served as the organizing director for Wolf-PAC Hawaii, an organization dedicated to overturning the Citizen’s United SCOTUS decision, I was the co-chair of Young Progressives Demanding Action, and I’ve been an officer with the Democratic Party of Hawaii since 2024, where I currently serve as the Region 3 Chair.
If elected, I will be a champion for community safety, truly affordable housing, a government that puts the needs of our working families, our keiki, and our kupuna first, and I will work to make our government more transparent, more responsive, and more accessible to our community and the people of Hawaii.
Mahalo,
Nadia Alves
Hard work - Responsibility - Family
Nadia’s Key Priorities
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Everyone deserves to feel secure in their own community. As a first-generation immigrant who grew up in a working-class, predominantly immigrant neighborhood, I know what it is like to not feel safe walking down certain streets at certain times of day.
Protect our vulnerable community including our immigrant and our LGBTQIA+ family and friends
Work with the local business community to find ways to revitalize downtown and Chinatown in a way that doesn’t push local families and businesses out.
Create and maintain vibrant public spaces where our neighbors gather, our keiki play and our community is allowed to take root.
Invest in wrap-around services to care for our homeless neighbors to give them a genuine chance to recover and thrive.
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DONATE TO SUPPORT NADIA’S CAMPAIGN
I’ve signed on to the “Our Hawaii Pledge” to reject big money from those who sell out our islands, and stand with those who live to protect it.
The success of our campaign is going to depend on contributions from regular people, not corporate special interests. Right now we’re fundraising to print our first round of campaign mailers. Help us reach voters by donating $28 dollars for District 28! Or, you can show your support for Nadia’s campaign by making it $101 so that your contribution shows up on our campaign fundraising report.
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Checks made out to “Nadia for Hawaii” can be mailed to:
Nadia for Hawaii PO Box 37315 Honolulu, HI 96837
Mahalo!
