"And I am going to work so hard..."




Nythia Raman met the public yesterday for the first time as mayor of Los Angeles. Here is a link to a segment of her address. 

"This city has given my family so much. And at a time when the federal government - over the past two years - we've seen a country that has rejected immigrants and in so many ways...I'm an immigrant to this country and this is a city of immigrants - in so many ways - whether they came from across American or they came from across the world. This city has opened its arms for people to come and build their dreams here. And the ideal the Angelenos voted for an immigrant to be their next mayor at this moment in American history is so deeply moving to me. And I want to tell every Angeleno out there that I am going to work so hard, and everyone behind me is going to work so hard to earn your trust."

She took questions from the press, sidestepping a question about her plans to fire the police chief with a lot of words. The Mayor-elect was emotional and the suit looked a little large for such a young woman, but her brief public career suggests a steely resolve and she should get comfortable with time. 

Nythia Varsha Raman was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India to a Tamil Brahmin family. 

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