Hi, I’m ANGELICA

Hey, I’m Angelica – your community-powered candidate for Prahran.

My Nonna taught me two things that have stuck by me: waste nothing, and look after the people around you. She grew zucchinis and figs in the backyard, saved what we had, and showed me how much you can grow with a bit of rich soil and care.

That’s why I became an environmental engineer. I wanted to be on the practical side of the climate and environmental challenges we face. Hands dirty, building the solutions, not just talking about the problem. Across consulting, start-ups and local government, I worked on the clean energy transition: helping communities build shared solar, get off gas, and cut their energy bills.

And the work taught me something I didn’t expect. Project after project, the barrier to real change wasn’t the technology (we had that). It was policy. Rules written for big corporations, and not enough political courage to make them better.

Instead of backing local solutions, the major parties were handing power and money to the very people lining their pockets with donations.

For too long, the major parties have made decisions that serve billionaire donors instead of everyday people. We’ve seen where that leads. In our housing crisis, our stretched services, our streets.

That’s why I’m running. Prahran deserves a local voice who lives here, who knows our streets, and who puts our community first.

That’s when it became clear to me: real change happens when government and community work together. Communities already have the ideas. They just need representatives who back them.

As your candidate and your neighbor, I know that the solutions and power live here in Prahran

This is my community. I teach Pilates locally, I walk Cara in Alma Park, and I’ve built my life here with Anthony. We bought our first home together here, a two-bedroom apartment that stretched our budget, so I know first-hand how steep the climb to a secure home has become. 

At the last election, I came within one vote of finishing first, so I know exactly how much your voice counts.

Here’s what I’ll fight for as your MP:

• A home you can afford. End unlimited rent increases, strengthen renters’ rights, and cut the stamp duty that makes it even harder for someone to afford their first home. 

• A safe, thriving Chapel Street. Investment in our critical community and front-line services. Emergency response teams trained in mental health. An accessible 78 tram with level-access stops, low-floor trams, real-time information, and late-night services so everyone gets home safe.

• Cheaper energy and real climate action. Lower bills powered by renewables, helping homes and apartments get off gas, no new coal and gas, and big polluters paying for the damage they’ve caused.

The Greens don’t answer to big corporate donors or vested interests. We answer to people like you.

We need to grow something together, like my Nonna did: a community rooted in care, where people matter more than corporate profits.

This election brings the opportunity for real change. Demand better. Vote for Prahran.