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Mikayla Higgins is an engagement fellow. She is pursuing a degree in journalism at the University of Missouri and previously 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. She is from Memphis and has a passion for community engagement.
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