Teri Wang is a scientist, writer, and community advocate running for Cleveland City Council in Ward 8. Born in Shanghai and raised in Akron, Teri knows firsthand what it means to rebuild a life from the ground up — and believes government should help working people do the same.

 

Trained at Harvard as a biochemist and art historian, Teri has spent more than a decade as an academic consultant, helping young students attain admissions to top colleges by working with them to confront and overcome systemic inequalities. Recently, she served as a Commissioner on the Community Police Commission, where she was also elected the Chair of both the Rules and Police Accountability  Committee. During her two-year tenure, she designed police accountability reforms, pushed back against political insiders, and defended the Constitutional rights of residents against corporate and government overreach.

 

Her campaign is rooted in the idea that Cleveland must belong to its people — not corporations, not foundations, not developers. That means public investment in affordable housing, city-backed grocery stores in every neighborhood, reliable public transportation, and deep investment  in neighborhood infrastructure. It means treating the city budget as a moral and material document — one that lifts up the daily lives of working families, seniors, and youth, rather than subsidizing billionaire stadium deals or failed top-down projects.

 

Unbought, unafraid, and uncompromising for the people, Teri Wang is fighting to build a Cleveland where wealth and power are shared, and where every community has the chance not just to survive, but to thrive.