Medill sophomore Mikayla Denault has wanted to be a political reporter since she was young. Now, she’s covering protests in Washington, D.C. and quoting U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Cori Bush (D-MO) through the Medill on the Hill program. Denault is one of 14 journalism students reporting on the U.S. government in Washington this.