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Mikayla Higgins
Mikayla Higgins was an engagement fellow during the summer of 2024 while pursuing a degree in journalism at the University of Missouri. Previously she was on the social media and audience team for Vox Magazine in Columbia, Missouri. She also worked as an arts and culture reporting intern at the Daily Memphian, a digital news site in Memphis, Tennessee, and as an audience planning intern at ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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