Caro Campos

Caro Campos is a Master of City Planning student in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Most recently, she worked as the Researcher to the Director of Monument Lab, a research lab and design studio based in Philadelphia. Her collaborators ranged from the American Museum of Natural History, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, and the Philadelphia Art Museum. Previously, she lived in Curitiba, Brazil, working as a researcher at the Public Ministry Office for Justice in Housing and Urban Planning focused on the regulation of neighborhood impact assessments. Caro spent nine years living in Virginia, studying and organizing across areas of migrant, housing, farmworker, and memory justice. In Charlottesville, she worked at Legal Aid Justice Center and was a member of Visible Records, an artist-run gallery, studio, and movement space.

She is a graduate of the University of Virginia with Highest Distinction, where she studied Political & Social Thought, a Distinguished Major Program, and minored in Urban & Environmental Planning. At UVA, she worked on campaigns to successfully change UVA's matriculation policy and pass two state-level policies, expanding access to enrollment, in-state tuition, and state financial aid for all students regardless of immigration status. In 2024, Caro was selected as a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship.