Brigit Pierce
Belk Impact Fellow
Brigit Pierce is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill double-majoring in Economics and English and Comparative Literature. She is passionate about utilizing research and data analysis to inform social policy and reduce inequalities, with interests in housing and health.
Brigit works at Carolina Demography through the John M. Belk Impact Fellowship, which aims to develop leaders in social impact. During the summer of 2025, Brigit worked at Carolina Demography through the Carolina Population Center internship, where she contributed to projects such as the NC Community College Databooks and wrote a blog about housing affordability.
Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, Brigit grew up as a third culture kid, living in seven countries over four continents.
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Human and labor trafficking is an evolving crisis that operates in the shadows of the major interstates and rural farmlands in North Carolina. The US Department of Justice defines human trafficking as a crime…
This blog post expands on a previous blog post that examined housing cost burden across NC by focusing on the disparities between housing cost burden for homeowners and renters. In North Carolina, 66.8% of occupied housing units are owner-occupied, while…
In recent years, housing has become a hot-button issue both nationwide and in our state, as many people struggle to find secure, affordable housing options. David Rouse, Ben Hitchings, and Anita Brown-Graham of the UNC School of Government’s ncIMPACT Initiative…
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