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Aashna Puri Elected Ms President US Ridgefield for 2025
Puri's Winning Platform: Closing The Dream Gap
[Ridgefield, CT – April 2025] – After completing the Ms President US girls civic leadership program, Aashna Puri has been elected Ms President US Ridgefield for 2025. At the annual Signature Campaign and Election, an inspiring event held at Wilton High School, participants voted for Aashna, a 7th grader at East Ridge Middle School, whose platform focused on Closing the Dream Gap, along with her running mate, Vice President Charlotte Turco.
The event brought together 23 young girls, grades 4–8, from 12 Connecticut towns, who presented their campaign platforms with passion and poise before an audience of over 200 community members, elected officials, and civic leaders.
The Keynote speaker, Connecticut Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas, shared her admiration for the candidates’ hard work. “When I was looking at your platforms, I thought anyone just seeing that document would not realize that you were all still students, because these are the issues that I've seen tackled every day in the state legislature and at the federal level,” she said.
Many state and local elected officials were present to lend their support to the candidates, including State Senator Ceci Maher, State Representative Savet Constantine, State Representative Annie Hughes, First Selectperson Rudy Marconi, First Selectwoman Toni Boucher, First Selectwoman Julia Pemberton, Selectwoman Kim Healy, and Board of Education member Tina Malhotra.
The program, designed to inspire and prepare girls for leadership roles, is the culmination of hard work over the past six months. “Our goal has always been to cultivate the next generation of female leaders, and today we saw firsthand the incredible potential of these young changemakers,” said Amanda Cordano, Executive Director of Ms President US.
In recognition of her achievement, Aashna has been invited by Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi to participate in civic activities in Ridgefield throughout the upcoming year, in addition to pursuing her platform.
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For more information about Ms President US and to register for the upcoming session, visit
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