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Phil grew up in a working class family in Stone Mountain, GA, the son of immigrants. In his youth, Phil had to travel two hours one-way to school each day to receive a decent public education. As soon as he was old enough, Phil began working at Waffle House and Best Buy to help support his single mother and family. These childhood experiences cemented values of sacrifice, dignity in work, and the value of a quality education.

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After working at Citigroup to pay off his Duke University loans, Phil left to serve his country in the United States Peace Corps. After three years of supporting an indigenous community in the Philippines, Phil returned to the U.S. to study at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and organize in the Mississippi Delta (Baptist Town, MS).

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Phil became the Director at WorkSource Atlanta, helping job seekers receive training and support to increase employability and access career paths. As Executive Director of Next Generation Men & Women, Phil has grown a 50-student non-profit into one that serves almost 400 students across six Atlanta high schools and partners with 70 local colleges and companies to create exposure and mentorship opportunities for our young people.

Phil was elected on November 8, 2022, as a legislator at the 2022 US midterm elections representing Georgia House of Representatives District 59 under the Democratic Party, and he took office on January 9, 2023. In his relatively short time in the state legislature, he has sponsored critical legislation such as the "Protect the Dream Act," aimed at limiting corporate ownership of single-family homes to address housing affordability, and the "Student Teacher Promotion Act," which seeks to compensate student teachers to remove financial barriers for aspiring educators. He also championed the "Georgia Educational Opportunity Act" to reform the state's education funding formula to better support students living in poverty. His success in securing $23.4 million in the Fiscal Year 2026 budget for the renovation of Atlanta Technical College's Hank Aaron Academic Complex further solidifies his reputation as an effective advocate for educational infrastructure and opportunity, demonstrating his commitment to building a better future for Georgia's next generation.

Phil and his wife, Sabrina, live in Summerhill with their two sons, August and Antony.