NORWALK, Conn. – Youthful energy is coming in spades to the next Norwalk election with a Democratic Common Council candidate nominated by District A.
Eloisa Melendez, a 2012 Norwalk High School graduate, is 19 years old.
“I want to be on the council because I feel like not enough young people are on it,” she said. “Honestly, when you’re 18 years old and you don’t see any 18-year-olds, you don’t see anybody around my age, the youngest person you see is like 30. By doing this I want to inspire other people to run for the council when they turn 18, or a little bit after that.”
Councilman David Watts, District A Chairman, presented Melendez at Tuesday night’s convention as “someone new and exciting, an amazing choice for our district.”
“Just to have a young person willing to put their name up,” he said. “I’m just excited for her and hope you will wrap your arms around her and support her as you go forward.”
Melendez is attending Norwalk Community College. She describes herself as a people person who was born in Norwalk Hospital. She has 628 followers on Twitter, where the comment below her name reads “Each day comes with 86,400 seconds. Tick. Tock.”
She has 1,769 friends on Facebook.
“I feel like I can, with my age, what I know … I can make a difference here, especially with the Hispanic community also, helping more,” she said. “I feel like I can bring a different energy.”
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