I am writing to support Nasiba Mannan for reelection to the Hopkinton Board of Health.

Over the past three years, Nasiba has helped guide the Health Department through staffing changes, funding challenges and difficult public health issues. She has stayed focused on keeping essential services running and making sure residents continue to be well served.

Public health work is often behind the scenes, but it matters every day. It includes restaurant inspections, septic and well systems, housing sanitation, environmental health concerns, vaccine clinics, sharps disposal and air-quality monitoring. Nasiba understands this work and has helped move it forward. She supported the first phase of digitizing property records, making information easier to search and manage. She also supported the Nicotine-Free Generation regulation, which helps protect young people from nicotine addiction.

I also appreciate Nasiba’s focus on communication. She wants residents to get important information quickly, whether that is about vaccine clinics, disease outbreaks, sharps disposal or other public health alerts. She understands the value of multilingual outreach so more people can receive timely information in a form they can use.

Nasiba also supports the practical work that keeps public health moving, including Narcan training, septic inspections, asbestos inspections and other important services that many residents depend on every day. She is enthusiastic about meeting with community members, listening to what matters to them and staying accessible to the public.

Hopkinton is fortunate to have someone on the Board of Health who brings steady judgment, care and a real commitment to the community. I hope voters will support Nasiba Mannan for reelection.

— Betsy Johnson, Hopkinton

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