{"id":3396,"date":"2023-01-24T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:05:17","slug":"vidhi-mehrotra-serves-as-page-in-washington-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2023\/01\/24\/vidhi-mehrotra-serves-as-page-in-washington-state-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vidhi Mehrotra serves as page in Washington State Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vidhi Mehrotra, a tenth grader at the Overlake School in Redmond, served as a page for the Washington State Senate the week of Jan. 16. Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) sponsored her week at the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The page program offers a hands-on opportunity for students to find out how state government works. During week-long interactive learning experience, students are visited by guest speakers and get to draft their own bills. Students also get to explore the Capitol campus by delivering papers for Senate staff.<\/p>\n<p>Mehrotra said that she applied for the program because her fifth grade teacher recommended it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applied for the page program because in the fifth grade I came here on a tour, and my teacher told us that we should apply for this program because her children attended this program,\u201d Mehrotra said. \u201cAnd she was super adamant about me doing it because she saw something in the future for me in politics and government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mehrotra said that she has greatly enjoyed her experience. She has particularly enjoyed being able to sit in on committee hearings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the ones I got to sit in on was the Law &amp; Justice Committee,\u201d she said, \u201cI was able to connect my previous experience in mock trial, debate, and model UN and to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mehrotra was also happy to be able to spend time with her sponsor, Sen. Dhingra, who she considers a role model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a respect in this community, and being a woman of color, she\u2019s also Indian, and it\u2019s really great seeing somebody from my affinity representing all of us and more,\u201d she said. \u201cI was able to talk to her and she\u2019s such a sweet person, and everyone I\u2019ve run into, whether they\u2019re Republican or Democrat, has had great things to say about her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Dhingra also enjoyed her experience with Mehrotra, saying, \u201cVidhi is a terrific young person who\u2019s going to make a tremendous difference in our community with her passion for the most significant issues facing us today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Senate Page Program, contact <a href=\"mailto:SenatePageProgram@leg.wa.gov\">SenatePageProgram@leg.wa.gov.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vidhi Mehrotra, a tenth grader at the Overlake School in Redmond, served as a page for the Washington State Senate the week of Jan. 16. Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond) sponsored her week at the Legislature. The page program offers a hands-on opportunity for students to find out how state government works. During week-long interactive learning experience, students are visited by guest speakers and get to draft their own bills. Students also get to explore the Capitol campus by delivering papers for Senate staff. 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