MEET 
 THEO 

Nice to meet you!

I moved to North Carolina to pursue a graduate degree at UNC in 2019. As President of the Graduate and Professional Student Government, I led a successful organizing campaign to increase the minimum pay for graduate workers at UNC from $16,000 to $20,000, beginning in 2023. During that pay raise campaign, I heard over and over again that the number one cost was the high cost of housing. I ran for Town Council to bring more housing choices and create more affordable options.

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In 2024, I served as the director of campus turnout for the North Carolina Democratic Party, leading the Harris campaign's statewide youth turnout program. My team of 36 organizers and 75 campus fellows boosted early voting at campus sites by 23% over the 2020 statistics. After the election, I began contracting with Carolina Forward, a left-of-center North Carolina policy think tank focused on making life more affordable, fair, and free, before becoming the organization's Policy Director in 2025 In that role, I lead our policy research program and conduct significant public messaging.

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Chapel Hill has become my home. I love what I've found here--and am so glad you're here, too!