Manuel "Manny Espitia is originally from Santa Ana CA. The son of Mexican immigrants, Manny was taught the value of hard work early on. He was given a scholarship through the A Better Chance program, and attended Midland School in Los Olivos CA. He went on to attend Princeton University and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in History and a concentration on African American Studies in 2011. In 2012, Manny moved from Santa Ana, CA to Albuquerque, NM to work as an organizer for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Knowing that his passion was to help organize in Latino communities, he continued to do this work in California, Illinois, Texas, and finally New Hampshire. Manny moved to New Hampshire in 2015 to work as an organizer in Nashua for Hillary Clinton's primary campaign. Following that campaign, Manny fell in love with the community and chose to work for Mayor Jim Donchess as an Assistant to the Mayor. During that time, Manny mostly handled constituent work and helped connect residents to city services. In 2017, Manny moved to Senator Maggie Hassan's office to work on Constituent Services Coordinator and mostly worked on immigration cases. In 2018, Manny decided to make the leap into public service himself and ran for office successfully. He is only 1 of 2 Latino representatives in New Hampshire and he serves on the Labor, Industrial, and Rehabilitative Services committee. In 2019, he served as the State Director for Secretary Julian Castro's presidential campaign. He now works as the Northern Regional Director for Run for Something, an organization that helps 18-40 yr old Democrats run for local and state office. He loves Nashua, and him and his fiance, Adriana, are committed to helping improve the community.
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