A state senator who represents Leavenworth says her job can sometimes be very hard. But it also can be very rewarding.

“The truth is I’m living my dreams,” Kelly Kultala told a group of third-graders.

Kultala spoke to the students Wednesday at Earl M. Lawson Elementary School.

She encouraged the third-graders to follow their dreams. She said life sometimes takes people on interesting paths they don’t envision.

“But you can get there,” she said.

Kultala, a Democrat from Kansas City, Kan., represents the 5th District which includes Leavenworth and Lansing.

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