She began researching child marriage as a project for the program's Gold Award.
Levesque worked with her state Representative, Jackie Cilley, to draft a bill that would eliminate provisions allowing minors to marry with judicial and parental consent.
[2][3] Despite the bill's failure, other legislation sponsored by Cilley passed which raised the minimum age for marriage from 13 to 16.
[4][5] When both incumbents from the Strafford 4 district, Cilley and Len Turcotte, decided to retire, local Democrats convinced Levesque to run in the 2018 election.
[2] Levesque was elected on a campaign of representing small businesses and addressing water-quality issues.