COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE.
LOCAL LEADER.
Michele Joyce is a computer scientist, community organizer, health-care advocate, mom of two, longtime resident of Isle of Wight County and Democrat for delegate in the new Virginia House District 84 open seat.
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I have been working as a community organizer and advocate in HD84 for 15 years. Organizing and community empowerment are my passions—that’s why I’m asking you to sign up to join our campaign. There are many ways to get involved! To start, if you just share your name and email with us, our field team will happily follow up with you. I look forward to meeting at an event soon!
Until then—your friend,
Michele Joyce
MEET MICHELE
Michele and her husband, Pete, married in Isle of Wight County, in 1999—at Benn's United Methodist Church—in what is now the new 84th district. Isle of Wight is also where they raised their two daughters, Hailey and Julia. Michele graduated from William & Mary with a degree in Physics and has worked in Newport News at Jefferson Lab as a computer scientist since 1998 writing software for the lab’s particle accelerator. For the last 15 years, Michele has been a volunteer community leader and advocate—helping families in HD84 find affordable access to health care.
Michele's longtime community and professional experience in Hampton Roads speak to her abilities as a problem solver. She felt compelled to take an active role in helping her community after witnessing a neighborhood family fall victim to a flawed health-care system.
She became a volunteer neighborhood team leader with the Obama campaign and organized for the passage of the Affordable Care Act. When the full law was implemented in 2014, she was trained to be a volunteer Health Care Navigator, traveling throughout the district, educating the public about the new law, and helping families find quality, affordable health care.
In 2012, while Michele was serving as chair of the Isle of Wight County Democratic Committee, they were awarded "Committee of the Year" from the Democratic Party of Virginia. In 2019 Michele served as the Democratic nominee for Delegate from the former 64th House District (now HD84). In that election, Michele achieved record Democratic performance funded completely by small-dollar grassroots donors.