A local teen is reaching new heights in politics after just graduating from high school.
Jeremy Chen reports.
IN POLITICS....MONTHS....AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER....JEREMY CHEN SHOWS YOU....WHAT MOTIVATES....THIS TEENAGER....WHO IS NOW....THE STATE'S YOUNGESTDELEGATE....FOR "THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONALCONVENTION".MOST KIDS GRADUATING FROM HIGHSCHOOL ARE GOING TO BE THINKINGABOUT COLLEGE.HOWEVER, FOR THIS LOCALTEENAGER, HE'S THINKING ABOUT AFUTURE IN POLITICS."I NEVER REALLY PICTURED MYSELFGOING INTO POLITICS." IT'S AROAD ESHAAN VAKIL NEVER THOUGHTHE'D PURSUE-JUST GRADUATINGFROM CLARK HIGH SCHOOL THISYEAR.HE'S THE YOUNGEST ELECTEDDELEGATE TO REPRESENT NEVADA ATTHE DEMOCRATIC NATIONALCONVENTION.ESHAAN IS HONORED TO HAVE THISOPPORTUNITY."IT'S A VERY DIVERSE STATE ANDI FEEL REALLY LUCKY THAT I GETTO BRING A UNIQUE VOICE TO THECONVENTION AND ALLOW THEM THEPERSPECTIVE OF NEVADA, BECAUSENEVADA IS A VERY UNIQUE STATE."BORN AND RAISED IN LASVEGAS-VAKIL FOCUSED HIS ENERGYWHILE IN SCHOOL- WORKING WITHNONPROFITS."A FEW YEARS BACK, I FOUNDED ANONPROFIT CALLED AAQB, THEALLIANCE FOR ACADEMIC QUIZ BOWLTHAT INCREASES EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS HEREIN THE VEGAS VALLEY." FROMTHERE-HE GOT DRAWN INTOPOLITICS."I SORT OF REALIZED THAT YOUCAN'T HAVE GRASSROOTS ACTIVISMWITHOUT PUBLIC SERVICE." HE'LLBE ATTENDING THE CONVENTIONVIRTUALLY-AND PLANS TO GETINVOLVED IN VARIOUS CAUCUSESFOCUSING ON ISSUESASIAN AMERICANS AND YOUNGPEOPLE CARE ABOUT.VAKIL HOPES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTWILL INSPIRE OTHER PEOPLE HISAGE TO DO MORE THAN VOTE."I WANT THEM TO WORK TOWARDSCHANGING THE COMPOSITION OFWHAT OUR POLITICAL SPHERE ANDWHAT OUR LEGISLATURE LOOKSLIKE, SO IT MORE ACCURATELYREFLECTS THE YOUNG AND DIVERSESTATE AND NATION WE'REBECOMING."HIS NEXT STEPS WILL INVOLVETAKING A GAP YEAR TO FOCUS ONHIS NONPROFIT WORK, AND THENGOING TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONALCONVENTION IS ALSO WHEN.....WE WILL HEAR....FROM F
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