Jane Aman

Editor’s note: Aman did a phone interview with OCN.

Age:  Editor’s note: If Oviedo Community News could not confirm the age for each candidate in a race, we omit the ages for all candidate in the race out of fairness.

Email address: jane@janeforflorida.com  

Registered political party: Democrat 

Where she lives: Orlando

Where she works: UCF (Lecturer, Department of English)

Prior work experience: Taught English, writing and American literature at the University of Florida and Rollins College;  former English teacher for Seminole County’s Crooms Academy

Prior political experience: Organizer for reproductive rights movement

The platform she’s running on: Lowering costs for people who live in Central Florida and Florida in general. Ensuring that Florida has strong public schools and accessible healthcare

Why she is running: In an interview with Oviedo Community News, Aman said, “I’m running because I’m a teacher through and through. I’ve been teaching for almost nine years, and the things that I see my students struggling with on a day-to-day basis are just basic human dignity issues. So stuff like, not having access to consistent affordable housing, or the thing that really sent me over the edge was having to find services for a student who could not afford their medication anymore, and it was just that we just need more active, engaged representation in district 37 and I think that there’s a number of ways in which we can really take care of each other better.”

Summary of her campaign finance report: Has raised a total of $31,474.51 and spent a total of $23,241.39 from 07/07/2025 – 09/30/2025 and 10/01/2025 – 12/31/2025

Endorsements: 

Sarah Baker (City of Winter Springs Commissioner)

Natalie Teuchert (City of Oviedo Deputy Mayor)

Claudia Thomas (City of Sanford Commissioner)

Thomas Kirk (City of Casselberry Commissioner)

Representative Leonard Spencer (State Representative District 45)

Kelly Semrad (Orange County Commissioner)

Stephanie Vanos (Orange County School Board Member)

Congressman Maxwell Frost (U.S. Representative, District 10)

Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith (State Senator, District 17)

Representative Rita Harris (State Representative, District 44)

Representative Dr. Anna V. Eskamani (State Representative, District 42)

Senator LaVon Bracy Davis (State Senator, District 15)

Representative RaShon Young (State Representative, District 40)

Link to her website: Jane Aman

Fun fact about the candidate: She loves to paint and is a fire dancer 

Author

Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.
In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.
She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.

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