"As a 10-year-old girl, I would listen to my grandmother discuss issues, and she made a lasting impression on me."

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“She seems like me — serious and policy-focused.”

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“I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.”

“was trying to encourage us to become more active in politics and she said, 'If you leave all the decision-making to others, you might not like what they do, and you will have no one but yourself to blame.' It was such a challenge to the women in the room. And it really hit me: She’s talking to me.”

“I was just a young lawyer thinking, What am I doing with my life? What am I doing with my career? As I watched on that stage I thought, Why aren’t I there? It was so poignant for me. And that’s what made me figure out how to get involved in politics.”

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