Melinda doesn't want to be rich and famous.
She just wants her kids to get a good education.
The single mother from Melbourne's south east also wants Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to listen to the voices of the "mums at the coffee shop and the school gate".
She bailed up the prime minister on Thursday as he wrapped up a visit to a defence engineering firm, upset the coalition had scrapped the school kids bonus.
Melinda, who wouldn't reveal her last name, is also upset the government wants to strip back family tax benefits.
"I don't care what you do to me, but give the kids a chance, give them a fighting chance," she told Mr Turnbull.
It was the first angry voter the prime minister has encountered in front of cameras - four days into his election campaign.
Later, the prime minister was spotted walking into Melbourne's exclusive Athenaeum Club - which describes itself as "a private social club for gentlemen of good character, attainment or promise."
Membership is by invitation only.
Mr Turnbull refused to speak to media as he left the club after lunch.
Earlier, Melinda vented about having to choose affordable subjects for her son, who is in year 10 at a local school which ran out of its welfare budget last year after 10 months.
"I'm ruining his chances to become something, to contribute to society, because he's just going to get a bad job," she told Mr Turnbull.
The prime minister listened to the local mum for around eight minutes before sharing with her the story of how his dad was a single father and promising to get her details.
He insisted his government was committed to education, telling her the coalition was putting more money into schools than ever before.
"I want your boys to have the chance to do whatever they want," he told her.
"I can feel what's in your heart."
But she insisted mums at the coffee shop were struggling and needed financial support.
"They're still having to decide if they're going to pay for their medication or a school excursion," she later told reporters.
Labor hasn't sealed Melinda's vote either, despite focusing heavily on education funding.
She's not convinced the opposition will actually follow through with a commitment to fully fund Gonski.
"It just seems like rhetoric and policy speech it doesn't seem to have a heart to it," she said.
However, Melinda was quickly welcomed by the Australian Greens, who shot out a press release titled "we're with Melinda".
Mr Turnbull kicked off his day at a brewery with retiring MP and former frontbencher Bruce Billson.
The government is hoping its candidate Chris Crewther can retain Mr Billson's seat of Dunkley, which is held by the coalition by 5.6 per cent.
