Jessica Maria Moreno has called Gaston County home since 2017, when she and her family were displaced from Mecklenburg County due to the rezoning and redevelopment of the Oak Haven Mobile Home Park. That experience shaped her deep commitment to housing stability and protecting families from being forced out of the communities they call home.

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Jessica understands housing insecurity not just as a policy issue, but as a lived experience. She knows what it means to worry about where your family will live, how displacement affects stability, and how quickly families can lose the foundation they worked so hard to build. She is determined to help ensure that families in Gaston County are not pushed out of their homes and communities.

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Today, Jessica’s work is rooted in protecting the future of families like her own. Her mother is now a senior, and Jessica wants to ensure she can age safely and with dignity in the community she calls home. Her younger sister is preparing to start her own family, and Jessica wants Gaston County to be a place where young adults have real opportunities to build stable, secure futures. As a young woman herself, Jessica is focused on building a community where people can feel safe, stable, and confident about starting families and putting down roots.

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Jessica began organizing in her community because she cares deeply about the people around her and believes that when communities work together, they can create real change. She is running for office for that same reason — to serve, to listen, and to help build a Gaston County where every family has the opportunity to live with stability, safety, and dignity.

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Jessica believes public service should be rooted in lived experience, accountability, and a commitment to doing what is right for the people of the community — not special interests or short-term gains. She is committed to showing up, listening to residents, and fighting for policies that protect families, strengthen neighborhoods, and create long-term opportunity.

Jessica lives in Gaston County and is deeply committed to building a future where no family has to fear losing their home or their place in the community they love.