Leonina Arismendi

I spent all day fighting PayPal over my grocery money. A little backstory…

No matter where you go in the State Capitol, you will encounter white supremacists.

Having the freedom to lobby and advocate for my people’s rights became my main work for a few weeks, and a huge privilege.

There were many reasons to cry after being terminated from my first job as an Immigrant Justice Advocate for the Virginia’s General Assembly, and I did cry.

For days.

This is my political life.