Meet Paola Branda.
Before she was a candidate, Dr. Paola Branda was a legal immigrant from Venezuela, a wife, a mother of two, an educator with more than 15 years of experience, a World Languages Department Head, a business operations leader, a humanitarian aid leader, founder of Crescendo Step, and a proud American citizen. Her story starts with faith, family, work, service, gratitude for America, and a deep understanding that freedom must be defended.
Doctor of Education
Educational Leadership
15+ years
Educator and World Languages Department Head
Mother of two
Family, service, and freedom at the center
Why she is running
A personal message from Paola.
People continue to ask Paola why she is running for Congress. Her answer is direct: America is in a defining moment, and leaders with courage and conviction need to step forward now.
- She believes freedom, family, faith, responsibility, and hard work are worth defending.
- She is running against the rise of Democratic Socialism and the growing influence of government control.
- Her faith in Jesus Christ and Judeo-Christian values ground her belief that our rights come from God, not government.
Where her story began
A little girl in Venezuela who learned to believe in America.
Paola's love for America did not come from a campaign slogan. It came from a family that knew what freedom costs and what opportunity can mean when you have to begin again. Paola is running for Congress to support President Trump's America First agenda and make sure Florida's 23rd District is not left behind by Washington.
- Her family fled Venezuela after seeing the consequences of socialism up close.
- Her father, a pastor, taught her to put faith, work, and perseverance before fear.
- She will fight for lower costs, secure borders, legal immigration, strong schools, senior security, religious liberty, clean water, and accountable government.
Family
A wife and mother of two before she is a candidate.
The people closest to Paola know the part voters rarely see in politics: the wife, mother of two, and family member who understands that every public decision eventually lands at home.
- Family is not a talking point for Paola. It is where her responsibility starts.
- She understands the pressure parents feel over costs, schools, safety, and the future their children will inherit.
- She is running as someone who still lives those conversations at home.
Classroom
An educator who saw children, parents, and teachers up close.
Paola earned a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership, spent more than 15 years helping students succeed, and served as a World Languages Department Head. The classroom gave her a practical view of the daily pressures families, teachers, and school leaders carry.
- Parents deserve respect, transparency, and a voice in their children's future.
- Students deserve safe classrooms, high standards, and pathways to opportunity.
- Teachers deserve support, discipline, and less bureaucracy so they can teach.
Freedom
Why America First matters to Paola.
Paola's family came to America seeking freedom, faith, safety, and opportunity. Her international humanitarian aid work has served families affected by Venezuela's crisis while reinforcing her belief that compassion, lawfulness, and the hope of rebuilding home countries belong together. She believes America First means defending secure borders, lower costs, strong families, religious liberty, legal immigration, free enterprise, educational opportunity, and a government that serves citizens instead of controlling them.
- Paola knows why families flee countries where opportunity is crushed and government controls too much.
- She believes America must secure its border, honor legal immigration, and protect the freedoms that make people want to come here legally.
- Her campaign connects her Venezuela-to-America story and humanitarian aid experience to the America First fight for families, seniors, students, small businesses, and taxpayers in FL-23.
Faith and service
Faith taught her to show up for people.
Paola's father was a pastor, and that example shaped how she thinks about leadership. She founded Crescendo Step to offer volunteer educational services and is most comfortable where service is personal: with families, faith communities, students, and neighbors who expect someone to listen.
- Paola will defend religious liberty and the right of every family to live their faith freely.
- She believes public service should respect family, work, responsibility, and community.
- She is meeting Palm Beach families, listening to their concerns, and asking them to join her.
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