Jose Cuc-Reyes

My name is Jose Cuc-Reyes, and I am a sophomore from Tar Heel, North Carolina, majoring in Human and Organizational Leadership Development (HOLDs) and Public Policy. I was raised in rural southeastern North Carolina and continued my high school education at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics – Durham. While there, I observed educational disparities in our communities across the state and beyond. This sparked a passion in me to address these issues through policy initiatives and program execution, with a focus on maximizing resources for underrepresented students in higher education, advocating for policy changes to ensure an equitable student growth environment, and creating opportunities for underrepresented students to thrive, rather than just survive, at selective institutions like UNC.