Key Facts
Background
Jones graduated from Bryant and Stratton College in 2011 with a BBA – during her education, Jones worked as a Clerk with the Northampton County Department of Social Services, a Special Education Paraprofessional with Northampton County Public Schools, and as a Mental Health Specialist with Agape Counseling Therapeutic. Jones has also worked as the Owner of Vision Focus Business Consulting, LLC since 2007 [3].
Jones is also the first African American to chair the Northampton County School Board and led the initiative of strategic planning for the Northampton TECH center (an alternative education program), as well as serving as a member of the Northampton County Education Foundation [3].
Key Issues
Community
Jones wants to provide living wages to workers in schools, hospitals, and other public beneficiaries such as bus drivers, and also supports an increase in affordable workforce housing for teachers [3].
Education
Jones wants to promote student’s vocational education through public schools, believing that they should be career ready by the time of graduation, and wants to sure that more schools, especially those in rural localities, are guaranteed the necessary funding to ensure equity in education [3].
Endorsements
VA Dems Women’s Caucus, Care for VA Candidate, Rural Groundgame, National Democratic Redistricting Committee
Sources
1 Ballotpedia
2 WAVY
3 Jones 4 Delegate
4 VPAP
5 Virginian Pilot
6 Eastern Shore Post
7 LinkedIn