Mikayla is a graduate of Stanford University, receiving dual degrees in Urban Studies and African & African American Studies. She is a Truman Scholar, and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. She has served on a Stanford Board of Trustees Committee and worked as a recruitment coordinator to increase Black student representation at Stanford. Mikayla has completed internships with the US State Department, the Greenlining Institute, and the US Department of Energy. She hopes to work in the fair housing and eviction space. <ikayla is a Rhodes scholar.