Have you ever faced any challenges being one of the youngest younger people in local government? And how have you worked to earn the respect of people who have been involved much longer?

Yeah, so I'm the youngest on the county board by just a few years.

And I have I've been fortunate.

I haven't faced any big challenges yet.

There's a lot of people on the board that are really respectful.

And I think several people on the board have probably been in my shoes before, even if it's not on the county board, just with something in their life where they were the youngest person getting started out.

So I'm fortunate that way.

What do you think McDonough County can do to encourage younger generations to stay, work and raise families here?