In this episode of The Experience with Chris Fio, host Chris Fioravantti speaks with Anna V. Eskamani about her experiences as a member of the Florida House of Representatives (representing the 47th District). They discuss her earliest petition efforts at the age of 10, growing up in an Iranian immigrant home in Orlando, Florida, Iranian politics and misconceptions of Iranian people, reaching out to new voters and disenchanted voters, combating voter suppression, obstacles to universal healthcare, and the state legislature’s political agenda against former President Barack Obama and how that vendetta resonates today. Additionally they discuss bullying in schools, discrimination among charter schools, banning conversion therapy, working to add diversity to the legislature, and the possibility of being a career politician.
This episode of The Experience With Chris Fio is produced by Boris Garbe and Kyle Eagle, and is a joint production of Borma, Vantti and PFT Media.