“My grandparents had their fight. My parents had theirs. This one is mine. People bled for this right. I’m not going to waste it,” Yolanda said in the post’s caption.
When We All Vote noted that Yolanda was “drawing on” her grandparents’ legacy while “forging her own path.” She also shared her own message to other first-time voters across the country, saying, “Empowered is an understatement. The baton is in our hands. Polls are still open, so go use it.”
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“This is for my grandparents. Thanks mom and dad for leading me!” Yolanda wrote in another post.
The teen described casting her first ballot as “so rewarding” and a “full circle moment” in an interview with Essence GU, which she shared on her Instagram Stories.
