It was a truly a golden ticket, not only to the 2019 State of the Union address but to a coming year of change. I had been selected as her guest at the State of the Union, the Florida Democrat told me. This all came about because of an essay I wrote on youth civic engagement. When I watched the State of the Union each year as a child, the television camera panned on very few women. Having attended the State of the Union will forever stay with me in my civic engagement.

Source: Huffington Post February 20, 2019 19:52 UTC