Ted Te is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines, and is also a human rights lawyer and advocate with the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG). He has taught a variety of subjects over the course of his academic career, and has been a bar examiner three times. He currently heads the UP Law Clinical Legal Education Program and the Civil and Political Rights Clinic.

He has been involved in legal cases across all levels of the court system, including presenting arguments to the highest courts on issues such as the death penalty and the Anti-Terrorism Law. They have provided assistance to journalist and NGOs in defamation cases and advocated for the abolition of capital punishment and protection of freedom of expression by filing complaints with international human rights organizations on behalf of death row convicts.

He has a lot of knowledge about protecting and defending human rights and often speaks about these issues in lectures and to the media. He has degrees in Psychology and Law from the University of the Philippines, as well as a Masters in Law from Columbia Law School.