About Aiden

I was born to a mailman and stay-home mother in the small town of Topsham, Vermont. Raised in our home next to the Waits River, I grew up loving the beautiful natural landscape around me. I attended Waits River Valley School for my elementary education, where I struggled for several years with my hyperactive ADHD. Despite this, I was still active in school athletics, and a proud member of Cub Scout Troop 727. However, my fondest memories, the ones that really shaped who I am today, are centered around my time working on the family farm.

From tapping trees, to raising cattle and building bridges, years of working with my grandfather have shaped my values of hard work, respect, and appreciation of our state's rural communities. During that time, I was taught the importance of patience while trekking the snow-covered hills of our 3,000-tap maple farm, where I’d work half an hour and only have a handful of lines finished. I learned to operate farm equipment, how to mill logs into boards, and how much I hate shoveling manure. But for an unconfident, misbehaved kid, this was a whole new ballgame that gave me experience in the everyday lives of our neighbors.

The newfound confidence and strong work ethic I gained led me to be more active in my community. I would go on to lead various humanitarian and justice-related group, which raise thousands of dollars for several causes, from a water insecure school in Africa, to starving children in Gaza, and the Vermont Food Bank. On top of these fundraising experiences, I also successfully led efforts to protect freedom of speech in our school community. I went on to expand my knowledge of both state and foreign policy at the Governor’s Institute for Global Issues & Youth Action, before leaving Vermont for Yale, where I studied “Solving Global Challenges” at the Yale Young Global Scholars program, as the only Vermonter out 600+ pupils from around the globe. Attending these prestigious programs greatly influenced my conviction to improving the lives of everyday Vermonters, especially after taking the time to research the troubles we face as a community.

In 2024, I was accepted onto the Vermont State Youth Council. In my first year, I led a small group as Chair of the Youth Voice Committee, where we worked with legislators and the Governor on issues concerning students' voice in education, voting rights in town elections, and promoting youth civic engagement. I was subsequently elected to the position of Council Chair in September of 2025, and have since revitalized our youth outreach, council efficiency, and led our new standard of legislative biennium-based recommendations. Despite the revolutionary changes seen during the first half of my term as council chair, I recently had to step down in order to fully devote my time to those in my community, as I campaign for our seat in the House. 

But recently, I came to a crossroads. One our biggest problems is that our young people won’t stay. We graduate, go to college/tech school, and only look back when we want to buy a second home in our older years. Not only do we leave it behind, but we take our skills and experiences with us as well. I had always planned to go to college, to get an education, and stay in a different place for a while. And even though that experience is plenty rewarding, I had a weird feeling about it. I began to consider the disservice I’d be doing, should I leave my home in the direction it's going. My generation can’t afford to buy a home, our education spending is flawed, poverty is on the rise, and it's harder and harder for any semblance of a middle class to thrive. We are being priced out of our state, while regulating our lands to the point where we can’t even build affordable housing if we tried. And with that, we are slowly seeing a takeover of not only our children’s education, but our own jobs and online privacy by big corporations.

This was the moment I knew I needed to take action. To pursue a better future for Vermonters, and for our rural community that struggles the most. From there, I have begun my campaign; a campaign by the people, for the people. I hope that you will join me in our fight to jumpstart our economy, support working people, and ensure a better Vermont of tomorrow.