Jeremy Sanders is a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina. He is a triple Tar Heel. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2024 and the UNC School of Education with a Master of Arts in Teaching with a high school social studies concentration in 2013. Before attending graduate school, he graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2012 with a double major in American History and Peace, War, and Defense. While completing his bachelor's degree, he was a North Carolina Teaching Fellow.

Before returning to law school, Jeremy taught high school social studies and English in North Carolina for eight years. He taught American History, World History, Civics and Economics, and ninth and tenth-grade English. While teaching, he coached various sports, sponsored multiple clubs, and still stays in touch with several of his former students. Jeremy also serves as an officer in the North Carolina Army National Guard. Before becoming an associate, he interned for Gahagan Paradis for two years.

Jeremy resides in Durham with his wife, son, and dog. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, exercising, reading, watching movies, and spending time with his family.