Theresa Lindberg
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI
Program Year(s): 2025, 2026
Major(s): English Literature and Spanish
Which issue are in NETWORK's An Economy for All policy agenda are you most passion about?: A politics responsive to the people, not the money
Why are you serving with Y.A.L.L.?: Growing up in the Catholic Church, I was drawn to the virtue of Catholic Social Teaching and later on Social Justice. I am passionate about creating a more democratic America where everyone feels like their voice counts and is heard in our voting system.
Work Area(s):
Advocacy from Campus to Capitol Hill:
- Organized campus voter registration events and nonpartisan voter education in Fall 2024.
- October 2024–Led lobby visits with Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) staffs on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
- March 2025–Led a lobby visit on Capitol Hill with Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4) staff to discuss budget reconciliation in regards to defunding detention and deportation.
- April 2025–Led a virtual lobby visit with Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) staff to discuss budget reconciliation in regards to Medicaid funding.
Published Writing:
- Letters: As young person and woman of faith, my heart hurts over deaths from gun violence, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 9, 2024
- Letter to the Editor: Cuts Show It’s Clear Republicans Do Not Value Education, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 18, 2025
Media Coverage:
- Connection Magazine | Second Quarter 2025 | Welcome Back Y.A.L.L
- Connection Magazine | Third Quarter 2024| “Hey Y.A.L.L.: Meet the Young Advocates Leadership Lab”
- Connection Magazine | Third Quarter 2024| “The Rest of Y.A.L.L. and Our Latest Work”
- NETWORK Advocates | “If it’s Hopeful, it Must Be Mount Mary”
Y.A.L.L. students gather for a photo in front of Capitol Hill before their lobby visits.
Y.A.L.L. students gather for a photo in the NETWORK offices.
Theresa Lindberg, Mount Mary student and Coston Fellow with NETWORK's Young Advocates Leadership Lab (Y.A.L.L.) program.
Y.A.L.L. students gather at Loaves and Fishes to serve meals.
NETWORK's Coston Fellows Jonathan Alcantara and Theresa Lindberg open the event.