(Image source from: www.thehindu.com)

Indian origin student Uma Menon is going to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday.

15-year-old Uma Menon, a student of winner park High school in Florida will be present among the attendees at the address.

She got the opportunity to be at the address after she won an essay competition organised by Democrat Stephanie Murphy.

Uma Menon is the daughter of Thrissur natives Ram Kumar Menon and Shailaja Alat,engineer and entrepreneurs in Orlando.

Uma wants to be a part of the campaign of California Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African descent and announced her 2020 presidential bid recently if she wins the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election.

Besides listening to Trump’s speech, Uma says she will like to make use of the chance to bring together other members of Congress with student-youth leaders like her.

Uma is vice president of her school’s speech and debate team and Florida Regional President for the Future Business Leaders of America, Uma is also an author. Her first poetry chapbook was published earlier this month.

Uma’s essay showed the awareness among youth of American politics and democratic process, said Murphy, organizer of the contest and chair of Future Forum, a group of young House Democrats who advocate issues and opportunities important to younger Americans.

-Sai Kumar