Logo critique please

i’m currently working on a rather uncommon job, a logo for an austrian politician. in fact i know just a single other politician in austria who is using a logo, so trying to find something appealing and adequate feels kind of like walking through unknown territory.

in addition, i am limited to red tones since red is the color of the political party behind the client. the client herself is something like a congresswoman, who mainly deals with youth-related issues, so we decided to go for to orange add a younger feel to the logo.

alright, so here’s the best idea i had so far, citique is welcome and appreciated :wink:

my idea was to use her initials “m” and “h” to stylize listening and speaking (mainly in parliament)…