2024 Election Nominees

The following students were elected by their classmates as their school’s nominee in the 2024 Statewide Election for Connecticut’s Kid Governor. We congratulate these students on crafting strong platforms around important community issues and encourage them to continue advocating for change in their communities. 

If your student is working on their community issue, let us know! Share their work with us by emailing info@CT.KidGovernor.org.


Nominee Name: Aedan Haggerty
Nominee’s Community Issue: Cancer Research & Prevention
Nominee’s School: Andover Elementary School, Andover


Nominee Name: Amelia Ciarrocchi
Nominee’s Community Issue: Food Insecurity
Nominee’s School: Hebron Elementary School, Hebron


Nominee Name: Annabelle Fortin
Nominee’s Community Issue: Anxiety
Nominee’s School: Woodside Intermediate School, Cromwell


Nominee Name: Ava Carlson
Nominee’s Community Issue: Environmental Sustainability
Nominee’s School: Latimer Lane School, Weatogue


Nominee Name: Ava Piselli
Nominee’s Community Issue: Financial Burden of Childhood Cancer
Nominee’s School: Pomperaug Elementary School, Southbury


Nominee Name: Barathi Muneeswaran
Nominee’s Community Issue: Student Personal Development
Nominee’s School: Stepney Elementary School, Monroe


Nominee Name: Carolina Romano
Nominee’s Community Issue: Students Completing Homework
Nominee’s School: The Burnham School, Bridgewater


Nominee Name: Carter Rochester
Nominee’s Community Issue: Gun Violence
Nominee’s School: Clover Street School, Windsor


Nominee Name: Christopher Beaton
Nominee’s Community Issue: Exercise & Play at Recess
Nominee’s School: Middlebury Elementary School, Middlebury


Nominee Name: Cooper McIntosh
Nominee’s Community Issue: Smoking & Vaping Prevention2025 Kid Governor’s Cabinet
Nominee’s School: Prudence Crandall School, Enfield


Nominee Name: David Cha
Nominee’s Community Issue: Racism
Nominee’s School: Highcrest Elementary School, Wethersfield


Nominee Name: Delilah Aquino
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homelessness
Nominee’s School: Samuel B. Webb Elementary School, Wethersfield


Nominee Name: Diego Munoz
Nominee’s Community Issue: Supporting Small Businesses
Nominee’s School: Academic Academy at Wallace Middle School, Waterbury


Nominee Name: Emmett Bedini
Nominee’s Community Issue: Friendship & Inclusiveness
Nominee’s School: Horace W. Porter School, Columbia


Nominee Name: Finley Rose-Perry
Nominee’s Community Issue: Animal Abuse
Nominee’s School: Regional Multicultural Magnet School, New London


Nominee Name: Grace Hornby
Nominee’s Community Issue: Animal Abuse
Nominee’s School: Thomaston Center School, Thomaston


Nominee Name: Grayson Simmons
Nominee’s Community Issue: Internet Safety
Nominee’s School: Mountain View Elementary School, Suffield


Nominee Name: Hannah Kennedy
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homelessness & Housing Insecurity
Nominee’s School: Pathways Homeschool Co-op, Newtown


Nominee Name: Homer Thomas
Nominee’s Community Issue: Mental Wellness
Nominee’s School: CREC Discovery Academy, Wethersfield


Nominee Name: Ivory Parks
Nominee’s Community Issue: Improving Recycling
Nominee’s School: Ross Woodward Classical Magnet, New Haven


Nominee Name: Jaxon Egan
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homelessness
Nominee’s School: Emerson-Williams Elementary School, Wethersfield


Nominee Name: Jazmine Garrett
Nominee’s Community Issue: Boosting Student Engagement Using Animals
Nominee’s School: Wish Museum School, Hartford


Nominee Name: Jordyn Harris
Nominee’s Community Issue: Stray Pets
Nominee’s School: CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts, Bloomfield


Nominee Name: Joseph Heslin
Nominee’s Community Issue: Bullying
Nominee’s School: Lawrence Elementary School, Middletown


Nominee Name: Joshua Grajewski
Nominee’s Community Issue: Improving Student Mental Health
Nominee’s School: Thalberg Elementary School, Southington


Nominee Name: Jude Lehman
Nominee’s Community Issue: Depression
Nominee’s School: Canton Intermediate School, Canton


Nominee Name: Justin Zdroykowski
Nominee’s Community Issue: Kids With Speech Disorders
Nominee’s School: McAlister Intermediate School, Suffield


Nominee Name: Kason Guida
Nominee’s Community Issue: Increasing Physical Activity in Schools
Nominee’s School: Flanders Elementary School, Southington


Nominee Name: Kaylin Vanags
Nominee’s Community Issue: Mental Health Disorders in Schools
Nominee’s School: Webster Hill Elementary School, West Hartford


Nominee Name: Kynnslea Filkins
Nominee’s Community Issue: School Lunches
Nominee’s School: Meadowside Elementary School, Milford


Nominee Name: Landon Dirkson
Nominee’s Community Issue: Helping Families in Need
Nominee’s School: Charles Wright Elementary School, Wethersfield


Nominee Name: Leylani Alamo
Nominee’s Community Issue: Mental Health
Nominee’s School: Kennelly School, Hartford


Nominee Name: Madeleine Dietz
Nominee’s Community Issue: Food Insecurity
Nominee’s School: Grove J. Tuttle Elementary School, East Haven


Nominee Name: Michael Kelly
Nominee’s Community Issue: Accessibility for Students with Disabilities
Nominee’s School: Hatton Elementary School, Southington


Nominee Name: Michelina Anderson
Nominee’s Community Issue: Kindness & Inclusion
Nominee’s School: Fawn Hollow Elementary School, Monroe


Nominee Name: Natalie Smith
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homeless Animals
Nominee’s School: Gainfield Elementary School, Southbury


Nominee Name: Nicholas Bosse
Nominee’s Community Issue: Kids Suffering from Anxiety
Nominee’s School: Derynoski Elementary School, Southington

Nominee Name: Nolan Bieluch
Nominee’s Community Issue: Ending Animal Cruelty
Nominee’s School: Long Meadow Elementary School, Middlebury

Nominee Name: Oliver Ward
Nominee’s Community Issue: Climate Change
Nominee’s School: Alfred W. Hanmer Elementary School, Wethersfield

Nominee Name: Riley Feldman
Nominee’s Community Issue: Animal Welfare
Nominee’s School: Bennet Academy, Manchester

Nominee Name: Rose Yuskas
Nominee’s Community Issue: Mental Health Disorders in Children
Nominee’s School: Monroe Elementary School, Monroe

Nominee Name: Ryann Mangano
Nominee’s Community Issue: Self-Confidence
Nominee’s School: William Strong Elementary School, Plantsville

Nominee Name: Ryker Jennings
Nominee’s Community Issue: Ending Animal Cruelty
Nominee’s School: Zaya Oshana Elementary School, Plantsville

Nominee Name: Samantha Rhew
Nominee’s Community Issue: School Security & Safety
Nominee’s School: Booth Free School, Roxbury

Nominee Name: Shannon Bransfield-Yugcha
Nominee’s Community Issue: Homeless Animals
Nominee’s School: Brownstone Intermediate School, Portland

Nominee Name: Skyla Ward
Nominee’s Community Issue: School Safety
Nominee’s School: John F. Kennedy School, Windsor

Nominee Name: Skylar Porras
Nominee’s Community Issue: Bullying
Nominee’s School: Momauguin Elementary School, East Haven

Nominee Name: Tess Banack
Nominee’s Community Issue: Health & Wellness
Nominee’s School: Highland Elementary School, Cheshire

Nominee Name: Thomas Lee
Nominee’s Community Issue: Youth Depression & Suicide
Nominee’s School: Saxe Intermediate School, New Canaan

Nominee Name: Tristan Norfleet
Nominee’s Community Issue: Instruments for All
Nominee’s School: Charter Oak International Academy, West Hartford