I am running as a NEW candidate for Lynn City Councilor-At-Large.  My mother, a single parent and 35-year veteran public school teacher instilled in me the importance of hard work, education and dedicating your life to serving your community. I grew up in a community plagued with violence, drugs and lacking positive role models.  That’s why as a student at Boston University working my way through college, I made a decision to study Urban Affairs and Community Development.   After earning my bachelor’s degree in Urban Affairs, I chose to work at a job within the MA Department of Youth Services, where I could I serve my community and help youth make healthy life decisions. It was there that I realized that I wanted to dedicate my life to public service and making my community a safe and vibrant place for everyone. 

For the past five years I’ve worked as a Director for Straight Ahead Ministries and in this capacity I have gained extensive knowledge and experience in how to effectively work in partnership with the community and with police to reduce and prevent gang violence.  I currently serve on the board of directors of the Family and Children’s Services of Greater Lynn and the Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts. I have worked with a wide variety of agencies to plan and implement a number of community clean-ups and to restore basketball hoops throughout the city so that families and children in our city have clean and safe places to play.

I’ve dedicated my life to working together with other concerned citizens to build on and promote the great things about Lynn and to clean-up and minimize the negative and destructive elements of our city. My wife Deitra, and I, our son Eugene, Jr. & daughter Genesis live in Ward 7. We are excited about making ourselves available to all Lynn residents and hearing your concerns and ideas about how we can work together to make our community a more vibrant, safe and clean community for everyone.

Lynn, Lynn, Together We Win!