Aloha Neighbor,

My name is Nadia Alves and I’m running to represent Chinatown, Iwilei, and 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 vote 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

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Hard work - Responsibility - Family

  • Community Safety and Homelessness

  • Cost of Living

  • Government Transparency and Accountability

Nadia’s Key Priorities

  • Truly Affordable Housing

  • Expanding Access to Healthcare

  • Caring for Our Kupuna

  • Education and Childcare

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