Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, OCTObER 24, 2025 ~ Political Announcements ~ Vivian Nguyen announces candidacy for Ward 5 City Council M y name is Vivian Nguyen, and I am announcing my candidacy for Ward 5 City Council. I am the daughter of immigrants, the fi rst in my family to attend college, and a lifelong Everett resident, having grown up on Cross Street before moving to my current home on Linden Street. My commitment to public service spans over a decade, through volunteering at food pantries, supporting senior programs, mentoring youth, and serving on community boards. From 2022 to 2023, I was honored to serve as your Ward 5 City Councilor, and I responded to your calls for change with decisive action. When you elected me in 2021, I ran on a platform of community investment, affordable housing, and accessibility. In my term, I delivered on those priorities: I worked to expand neighborhood safety with new signs, speed bumps, and crosswalk improvements; advanced paid family and medical leave for city employees; and improved access to city services for our residents. I’m proud of the fresh leadership and ideas I brought to Everett, including a microtransit solution that began as a way to ease traffi c and parking and has now become a pilot shuttle service serving seniors and residents with disabilities. I worked tirelessly as your Councilor. If it mattered to you, it mattered to me. I never stopped at the fi rst roadblock—when I heard ‘no,’ I looked for another way forward. While we made significant progress, true change requires sustained eff ort. After my term ended, I continued to follow up on outstanding resident concerns, such as parking, speeding, and rats. However, those priorities stalled without a dedicatHolly Garcia Announces Re-Election for Ward 4 City Councilor Hello Everett! M y name is Holly Garcia and I’m proud to have Vivian Nguyen ed representative to champion them. I am running for Ward 5 City Council to continue the work we started and to bring proven solutions to Everett. Over the last two years, I got the opportunity to help local governments of all shapes and sizes tackle the same challenges we face here in Everett. I experienced fi rsthand the solutions that deliver real results, and I am excited to bring those insights back home in Everett. The projects I contributed to improve the quality of life for more than 440,000 people nationwide, and in 2023 I was named one of the Top 100 Local Government Leaders. I am running to fi nish the work we started, ensure progress continues, and keep building an Everett where services are reliable, our neighborhoods are clean, and our streets are safer. I hope to earn your vote for Ward 5 City Councilor, on or before November 4. For questions and concerns, you can easily reach me by phone at (617) 410-8901 or via email at vivian.for.everett@gmail. com. For more information, to support the campaign, or to view my platform, please visit my website at viviannguyen.us or follow my social media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) at @n5uyen. served my fi rst team as your Ward 4 Councilor. Thank you to everyone who supported me in the last election. I’m more determined than ever to keep serving our community. Everett has always been home to me. My grandparents were lifelong residents, my mother Debbie Snow grew up here and I moved here at 12 years old following my parents’ divorce. From then on I took every chance I could to get involved. I graduated from Everett High School having 14 years of perfect attendance. That’s right from preschool through 12th grade I never missed a single day of school and I’ve continued to strive for excellence in attendance at council meetings. I earned a Bachelor’s in Justice Studies and a Master’s in Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University and more recently I obtained my Juris Doctor from Massachusetts School of Law. Giving back is central to who I am and I’ve dedicated my entire adult life to volunteering for our community. I serve as the Chair of the Everett Citizens Foundation, the Chair of the Everett Youth Commission housing is truly within reach. I will continue to work on fi nding solutions for parking and school overcrowding. I am committed to expanding resources for addiction recovery, because everyone who struggles with an addiction is somebody’s someone. I will also continue to uphold communication, honesty and transparency in all that I do. I’m not a career politician; Holly Garcia and I’m the Third Vice President of the E Club. I’m a lifetime member Girl Scout, senior troop leader and a national council delegate for Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. I’m also the Faith Formation Director at Immaculate Conception and the Christmas Dinner Coordinator. As your councilor, I’ve prioritized action over talk. From expanding accessibility and language access to improving housing policies and public infrastructure, I’ve focused on practical solutions that make a diff erence in people’s daily lives. These initiatives refl ect a commitment to equity, accountability and putting residents fi rst. If re-elected, I will continue to fi ght for lowering taxes and ensuring that aff ordable I’m a leader who shows up and gets the job done. I act with pride, positivity and professionalism. I want to keep being the voice for every person in Ward 4, making responsible decisions that serve our families, children and future. If you have a constituent issue or any questions, please contact me directly at (617) 294-0765 or holly4everett@ gmail.com. Not only will I answer at all hours of the day and night but I’ll follow up. As a councilor I can’t just snap my fi ngers to get something done but I’ve created a great working relationship with our department heads who can assist in fi nding a solution. I respectfully ask for your support in my reelection on Tuesday November 4th so that we can keep moving Everett forward together. For Advertising with Results, call The Advocate Newspapers 617-387-2200 or Info@advocatenews.net at
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