Joe Asamoah-Boadu is Labor South’s first intern via partnership with Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy and Center for Documentary Studies. He is a rising senior at Duke University majoring in public policy, with minors in education and African and African American studies. He is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, and was raised by his working-class Ghanaian parents. This upbringing and his experience in several service jobs attracted him to Labor South. He is strongly passionate about storytelling and aspires to obtain his JD post-college to better advocate for marginalized people, specifically focusing on civil rights and education spaces.