Business, public service, non-profit leader, auntie adventurer, relishing my time on the planet. Tweets are mine.
New York, NY
Joined April 2009
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Julie Collins retweeted
Nationwide, air medical services are filling the gaps left behind as rural hospitals close, convert to outpatient-only rural emergency hospitals, or stop offering unprofitable services like labor and delivery.
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Julie Collins retweeted
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce make NFL history with 9,360+ passing/receiving yards as a duo 🤯
ALT Two Kansas City Chiefs players in red helmets and white jerseys celebrate on the field. Text overlays the image: "Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce Set QB-TE Yardage Record.
Julie Collins retweeted
For every meal the Feeding America network provides, SNAP provides nine.
At @heartministry in Omaha, a Food Bank for the Heartland partner, about 80% of the people served are working. Pantries and SNAP work side by side.
Give now at FeedingAmerica.org/Community…
ALT A man leans against a counter, smiling and looking directly to the camera.
Julie Collins retweeted
Kids shouldn’t be dying of preventable infectious diseases.
A sixth person in Pennsylvania has died with measles, state health officials said Wednesday.
Read more: abcnews.link/SiR4Q09
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Why is The Heart worth seeing this fall? Read five reasons, just to name a few, here: bway.world/7bhwu
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Then: took my first trip to DC on a coach bus after winning best safety patrol officer at Sherman Elementary (shout out ECASD!).
Now: flying to DC as Congresswoman-elect from WI-03.
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Thanksgiving should be a time to gather around the table. 🦃
As grocery prices remain high, give today to help keep food, certainty, and stability within reach this holiday season.
Give today: FeedingAmerica.org/Holiday
Julie Collins retweeted
We did it, Hoosiers. Thank you.
Today, you have proven that it is time for the corruption and insider dealing in the statehouse to end. I’m honored to have your support, and excited to roll up my sleeves and get to work.
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Julie Collins retweeted
Tonight was Jalen’s 11th 20+ point quarter as a Knick, which is first in franchise history (since 96-97).
Julie Collins retweeted
I'll be speaking at the International Conference on Stigma 2026: Shattering Invisibility-Let Your Light Shine. Break the Stigma, Nov 18-20. It won't be a surprise to any of you that I'll be talking about #smoking and #nicotine. @whocanyoutell #stigma2026 whova.com/web/yU3M3seLeruDxZ…
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AUTUMN AT ITS BEST
A top-ten day in November - the 18th and final dry day in this magnificent run of fall weather @abc7ny
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Against all odds, with almost no one outside of my family, friends, and closest team members believing it was possible - the woman who wrote the tweet below and started this journey by Googling “how to run for office in Texas,” has flipped an 18 pt Republican seat to become the next Texas State Representative for House District 132.
This is OUR home, and together, we did indeed take it back.
From my day one promise: Zero outside influence. Zero corporate PAC money. Zero values compromised. Just neighbors talking to neighbors and working together to fight for our community.
Of the PEOPLE.
By the PEOPLE.
For the PEOPLE.
PERIOD.
Tomorrow, we sleep. Thursday, we get to work.
Thank you for asking! And for anyone curious about my journey, I’m happy to share.
I got my first job at Boston Market on Fry Rd when I was 15. It’s a McDonald’s now, which is a shame, because I miss the sandwiches.
My second job was at Schlotzky’s on Mason Rd (old location)
From age 17-19 I worked at Cracker Barrel at I-10 and Barker Cypress.
From age 19-22 I was a bartender. I also got married and had two kids.
At 23, I was divorced with 2 small children and at a cross roads.
I woke up one day and decided that wasn’t the life I wanted for myself or my children. So I moved home with my mom and I enrolled in a Radiology Technology program.
My schedule for the next 2 years was:
School M-F 7:00a-3:00p. Come home, spend time with my kids. Put them to bed and then go to my bartending job from 8:00p-2:00a - back at school at 7:00a the next morning.
I graduated and my first job out of x-ray school was as an x-ray tech in a hospital working what they call a compressed weekend. I worked both Saturday and Sunday from 7:00a-11:00p for a total of 32 hours.
Only, at $16.09 an hour, that wasn’t enough to support my family. So I got an advanced certificate in Mammography and worked at a mammography clinic during the week.
I did that for 4 years. 72 hours a week for 4 years.
Then I was fortunate enough to be promoted into an Imaging Manager position. Not yet ready to slow down, I worked in that position as my day job, while also working at a free-standing ED as a CT/x-ray tech for a 12 hour shift each weekend.
Oh, and while doing all this, I was also chipping away at my Bachelor’s degree.
It wasn’t until 2020 when I graduated from college that, for the first time in 25 years, I had only one job and wasn’t either working a second job or also attending school.
After a break of a few years, I am now working full time and running for office in every second of my spare time.
So, Jay G (if that is your real name), which part of that life experience would make me unqualified to understand the unique challenges that we are facing in this world?
Happy Sunday, everyone!