I want to talk about when you became Vice President-elect Harris’s youngest staffer as she ran for the Democratic nomination. What did she have you doing and what kind of key things did you learn?
Now, you’re not yet 21, if I’m correct? So you have all these origin stories that so many people much older than you would not have, all these different ways it seems like you could have gotten into politics. Your childhood in Tucson, that first visit to, your questioning of Republican Jeff Flake, who was your senator at the time.
Now, you weren’t old enough to drive to Planned Parenthood at 15 when you did, but you did what you needed to do. What did Planned Parenthood help you with, and what did that experience teach you? El Rio RHAP is one of the things I am most proud of. I’m most proud of it because it really was the solution that I needed. And I got to build it. We brought together a team of young people who were the most impacted: teen moms, folks who were formerly incarcerated, homeless youth like me.
I know obviously there’s got to be a lot of young people who are following you, who are inspired by what you’re doing. What kind of tips or pitfalls do you tell them to watch out for as they learn how to become more effective organizers? You mentioned the power of representation. We’re about to have Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States. What is the power of the representation that she offers, and other women of color in positions of power offer?
One thing I hope to see is that our generation has had this political awakening. And people like me have been fighting since before Trump got in office and we’ll be fighting long after. And so I think in this moment, the real toll of the Trump presidency on our generation will be if we choose to recommit, we choose to recommit ourselves to the issues that matter and realize that this fight wasn’t won in one election.
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