Nicole Klevanskaya is an intern reporter at The Wichita Eagle. She is currently studying Journalism and Russian at the University of Kansas, and was the Kansas Scholastic Press Association’s 2019 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year and National Runner-Up. Originally from Pittsburg, Kansas, she has covered student politics for KU’s student newspaper the University Daily Kansan. Her article on the Kansas Foster Care System that she wrote for her high school newspaper the Booster Redux was named the 2019 “Feature Story of the Year” by the National Scholastic Press Association. In her free time, Nicole likes to play the piano, hike and spend time with her family.