As a sophomore Buckley Public Service Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Patterson Sheehan majors in Public Policy with a Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) minor. She worked on the Judicial team through the 2020 election cycle where all eight Conservative judicial candidates were elected to office. Now, Patterson serves as the Political Assistant and is grateful for further experience with the NCGOP. She is also the Vice President of the club soccer team at UNC, a YoungLife leader at Riverside High School, and a Battle Fellows Intern for the North Carolina Study Center.