Episode 78: Theo Offei (Watertown City Councilor-At-Large)

Meet Theo Offei! He's the most recent addition to the Watertown City Council as a Councilor-At-Large. We sat down for a wide-ranging conversation including:-Memorizing Obama speeches as a boy in Italy and other thoughts on growing up in Reggio Emilia-Making his way to the US through community college then earning a scholarship to transfer fully to USC-His time in the startup and venture capital worlds (and trying to convince the organizers of Bonnaroo and Coachella to use his product)-How family and interactions with "cool" things in the city led him to Watertown-Why he got involved with public service through the Residents' Advisory Committee and how that gave him the itch to run for City Council-And then what it was like getting to know neighbors through campaigning, the reality of learning the ropes once elected, and his message to Watertowners to get involvedReach out to Theo (and other councilors) at watertown-ma.gov/city-councilSupport the showHead on over to www.littlelocalconversations.com to check out all the episodes, events, and everything else going on. Sign up for the Little Local Conversations email newsletter Follow on Instagram: @littlelocalconversationsUpcoming events! Click here to see upcoming live podcast events.