Carolyn WiezorekCarolyn Wiezorek

Carolyn Wiezorek, former teacher, elementary school principal, and associate professor of education, pursues District 65, Iowa House seat as a vehicle for improving Dubuque County, Iowa, and the U.S. Carolyn, and husband Bill, have three adult children and two grandchildren. The Wiezoreks own a small farm near Bankston and are part-owners of a sawmill in Sand Springs, Iowa. Carolyn volunteers weekly at the Lantern Center, Prescott Elementary School, and Convivium Urban Farmstead. In addition, she has served on the Dubuque Archdiocesan School Board, Pay it Foreward Connolly board, and Fountain of Youth board. She is a member of 100 Women who Care, Indivisible Dubuque County, Dubuque NAACP, and League of Women Voters. She helps at the Epworth Food Pantry and supports many Dubuque County fundraisers.

Issues topping Carolyn’s list include:

• Affordability, including combatting predatory practices of private equity firms and big out-of-state corporations.
• Quality Affordable Healthcare, reversing the privatization of Medicaid, obtaining nonprofit health insurance and health care options.
• Cancer Rates in Iowa, fast tracking research and applying findings to reduce growing cancers in our state.
• Water Quality, determining and mitigating causes of water contamination.
• Quality Education, ensuring that public schools are adequately funded, teachers are supported, and research and best practices are implemented.

Carolyn believes that the best way to combat many of the issues facing Dubuque County residents is to pull together and support one another by purchasing locally and supporting businesses that invest in the community.