INTERVIEW BY HALEY GLOVER
Photographed by Victoria Vongsaphay
First Political Act: Something that helped me get to where I am today would be joining the Mock Trial team at school. My Mock Trial advisors gave me a lot of confidence, as did just going into the courtroom for the trials. And it pushed me to want to work on my public speaking and just make me feel more confident in general. I would like to thank my Mock Trial Advisors, Marla Farbacher and Jenny Siddiqi for their continuous support.
“There are no qualifications, anyone can make a difference”
The Strengths of Underestimation: Because I am a woman and I am younger sometimes people can underestimate that. I do think it’s a strength to be underestimated, because then you have more of an opportunity to show them that you are someone to be respected, as a woman, or as someone from the younger generation.
“If multiple people start taking smaller steps towards making an impact, it could lead to something so much bigger”
Her Advice to the Younger Generation: The advice that I would give to the younger generations would be just to care about what is going on. I hear a lot of people say that they don’t care about what’s going on in the world because it doesn’t effect them. But I think that something as small as just caring about what’s going on, and listening, can help you improve so much in being a leader because then it will inspire you to want to take part in helping with campaigns and on.