“I wasn’t sure I was ever going to do this. It’s easy to battle with self-doubt, but after years of being active in the government and the community I realize we need people to be game-changers, especially young people,” Martinez-Wright told The Missouri Times. “We need to encourage involvement so people can understand how policy affects them on a personal level and how to engage. At the end of the day, it’s like what my mom told me: If you want to do something, don’t wait. You never know when you’ll have an opportunity again, and that’s why over the last few weeks I’ve been planning this.”