--- title: Elise Stefanik's Advice for the Youngest Women in the Room description: Vital advice from the youngest female ever elected to Congress. canonical: https://time.com/4192663/elise-stefanik-young-women-advice/ author: Elise Stefanik article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-05T16:11:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:01:45.007Z og:title: Elise Stefanik: My Advice to Anyone Who's Ever Been the Youngest Woman in the Room og:description: The youngest female ever elected to Congress on what she knows now og:url: https://time.com/4192663/elise-stefanik-young-women-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42c1a68b19a20c28/69887c48cd1bba971a6ff469/elise-stefanik-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Elise-Stefanik-portrait og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elise Stefanik: My Advice to Anyone Who's Ever Been the Youngest Woman in the Room twitter:description: The youngest female ever elected to Congress on what she knows now twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42c1a68b19a20c28/69887c48cd1bba971a6ff469/elise-stefanik-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Elise Stefanik: My Advice to Anyone Who's Ever Been the Youngest Woman in the Room > Sponsored content. 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There are a few key strategies that I’ve found helpful in these types of situations. **1\. Embrace your age**People told me several times during my first campaign to hide my youth and the fact that I was a nontraditional candidate—a 29-year-old woman. Instead of taking that bad advice, I really leaned in to who I was and wrapped my arms around the fact that I was young and female and that we needed representation for multiple generations in Congress. Ultimately, that message resonated not just with young voters, but with seniors in my district, too. **2\. Do your research**I definitely don’t let my age keep me from contributing, but I’ve noticed that when I speak up, there’s a curiosity among my colleagues as to what I’m going to say. I think my age means that I speak with somewhat of a louder voice than a regular first-term member of Congress—so I make sure that I’m always very prepared. That was the case when I was running and in Congress today. **3\. Pay it forward**As someone who’s frequently been the only woman and the youngest person in the room this past year, I believe it’s really important to bring other young women to the table. I’ve been really humbled by other women who’ve reached out to me across the country. Not just women who are running for Congress and federal office, but elementary school students running for student council or high school students who are their class presidents. Encouraging women to have the confidence to step into the arena is something that I take seriously, so I spend time reaching out to them and mentoring them. _Rep. 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