Ramsey stood alongside more than 600 of the girls gathered at the student leadership program. She was chosen by the staff as one of two to represent Texas at 2025 Girls Nation.

“I’m sitting there [at the closing ceremony] and they ask if I can come up front, and I’m shaking in front of 618 people,” Ramsey said. “I get up there and there’s four girls on stage, and then they raised my hand up and said ‘I’m 2025 Girls Nation.’”

Before summer, Ramsey was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary to compete for Texas Girls State. This led to her attending Girls Nation in Washington D.C

Texas Girls State is an American Legion Auxiliary program for high school girls in Texas that provides an opportunity for education, relationship building, and learning about governance.

AP U.S. History teacher Cathy Cluck and counselor Mariam Yaghi nominated Ramsey for the  Texas Bluebonnet Girls’ State because of her credentials and leadership skills throughout high school such as grades, volunteer work, clubs, and organizations.

“I got off the waitlist two weeks before,” Ramsey said. “I didn’t even know If I was going to go.”

More than 600 young women gathered at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas in June. They learned duties, privileges, rights and responsibilities of American Citizenship, and held elections and debates.

“I was picked by staff and was the floor leader,” Ramsey said. “I had to apply for the position to help the Congress. I worked really hard. It was like a mock house, so they would pass state laws.”

After six days of the mock house practices, Ramsey gathered for the ceremony, where staff picked who the representative for Bluebonnet Girls State at Girls’ Nation would be.

“I showed up to the closing ceremony, every state does it differently,“ Ramsey said. “Texas is completely picked by staff with no nominations.”

Nervous yet excited, Ramsey met U.S senators and representatives after being selected to travel to Washington D.C.

“I was elected by my party [at Girls’ Nation] as the majority Floor Leader,” Ramsey said. ”I met both of our senators, but particularly met Ted Cruz when he stepped out of a committee meeting to come talk to us. It’s something I never thought would happen.”

Kate’s success at Bluebonnet Girls State Washington D.C. over the summer gave her educational background and opportunities that allowed her to share her enthusiasm with others.

“This is the place where I can actually talk, speak my mind, and have conversations,” Ramsey said.