VIDEO: RI Governor for a Day on Learning "How Hard It Is" to be Governor

VIDEO: RI Governor for a Day on Learning "How Hard It Is" to be Governor

Cumberland’s Cadence Solon, the winner of the 2019 Governor for a Day essay contest, joined Governor Gina Raimondo on Monday at the eMoney Advisor announcement -- and spoke to her day as "Governor" of the State of Rhode Island. 

"Cadence wrote a fantastic essay about important issues facing our state. Her passion for education is inspiring," said Raimondo at the time of selection. 

Solon is a fifth-grade student at Ashton Elementary in Cumberland, wrote her essay about equal pay for women, the need for ESL and special education teachers, and school construction in Rhode Island.

GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST

On Monday, she spoke to what she hoped to learn from being "Governor for a Day" -- specifically "how hard it is," by shadowing Raimondo.

Raimondo spoke to the need to show young girls and women that they can be leaders, and said how a young neighborhood boy, when told by his father that Raimondo was Governor didn't believe it, because "she's a woman."