Marilinda Garcia was elected to the New Hampshire House of
Representatives in 2006, at 23 years of age and is
consistently endorsed by groups that are pro-family, pro-2nd
amendment, pro-educational choice and pro-economic liberty.
During her first term she served on the Committee on
Children and Family Law, and now in her second term serves
on the Committee on Election Law.
Born in Boston, MA of an Italian-American mother and
Spanish-American father, Marilinda has been featured in the
Latino Futures, LATINO and Latino Leaders magazines
respectively.
Ms.
Garcia earned her B.A.,
cum laude, from
Tufts University in 2006 and concurrently completed a B.M.
with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance from the New England
Conservatory of Music.
In 2010 she graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School
of Government where she received a Master of Public Policy
and was the recipient of a full tuition Public Service
Fellowship.
Ms.
Garcia worked for three years as a Court Appointed Special
Advocate for abused/neglected children at the District Court
in Salem, NH.
She also serves as a mentor, panelist and
faculty-in-residence for young undergraduate women at St.
Anselm’s College through the New Hampshire Institute of
Politics and the Women’s Leadership Institute and has worked
with the Vesta Roy Excellence in Leadership Series which
trains Republican women for political leadership.
In 2010 Ms. Garcia was invited to speak at an RNC
event for promising young Republicans and at the first
annual GOPAC Hispanic Leadership Training Institute.
Ms.
Garcia teaches Harp Performance at Phillips Exeter Academy
in Exeter, NH and Gordon College in Wenham, MA.
In addition, she has traveled extensively as a
Cultural Ambassador for the Youth Orchestra of the Americas
(YOA). Hosted by
embassies and government institutions, YOA conducted
community outreach programs and concertized in approximately
15 modern and developing countries across the Americas and
Europe during Ms. Garcia’s tenure with the orchestra.
She also performs regularly with her sister, flutist
Bianca Garcia, most recently as part of a concert series in
Rome, Italy.
Ms.
Garcia traveled to India as part of a Harvard Kennedy School
of Government program to facilitate interaction with
business school students in New Delhi and attended meetings,
panel-discussions and lectures with chief executives,
government officials and NGOs.
She was also nominated to the American Council of
Young Political Leaders and selected to travel as part of an
ACYPL delegation to Taiwan.
Marilinda currently works in marketing and program
development for St. John International University, an
American university in Torino, Italy and resides with her
family in Salem, NH.
