Over the summer, Don't Touch My Podcast says, "Don't Touch my Politics" as we sit down with political candidates running for the Worcester City Council and School Committee seats. In this episode, we sit down with School Committee Candidate, Nelly Medina.

More about Nelly:

Nelly Medina is a Worcester resident, professional organizer, and advocacy educator

specializing in coalition building who has advocated for education equity, workers' rights,

immigrant rights, student empowerment, environmental justice, and the youth justice

movements and fought alongside parents and educators for student support, parent

resources, and pay equity for educators.

Nelly has channeled her lived experience as a Parent activist to fight for equity in educating

her young son with special needs. Her experience as a youth in foster care, the impact of aging out of the system with a

seventh-grade education, and being involved in juvenile court for truancy, have informed

her work.

She received the Dr.Rev Martin Luther King Social Justice Award, The Massachusetts Green-

Rainbow Award, the Massachusetts Black and Latino Caucus Award, The honor of

WooTown Hero, and other recognizable honors. Her organizing skills extend beyond the community, and she has worked for elected

officials, Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Jim Mcgovern, and State Representative David

LeBeouef taught her that elected representatives work for the constituency, not the other

way around, and those relationships are vital to assisting stakeholders in passing legislation

and policy to improve