Carlo Byrd is a Journalism and Media Research and Theory Master's student from Laredo, Texas. He has history with UT and Moody—he earned his undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Government with focus on media literacy, the Texas border and food studies. In that time, he created various news and media projects that can be found on his LinkedIn, such as video interviews for the Voces Oral History Center during the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond academia, he works with UT Residence Life as an Assistant Complex Coordinator where he supervises resident assistants and their peers with an emphasis on education in the halls. He hopes to pursue his PhD and become a professor in Journalism to advocate for media literacy and strengthen the next generation of journalists.