Manzili Kokayi
Youth ReporterManzili Kokayi is a recent graduate of NC A&T. Originally from Durham, NC, they heard WUNC in their family car and were immediately intrigued with radio journalism. Manzili is passionate about storytelling and how creative writing and dancing can be used as methods to share diverse and underrepresented experiences. As a WUNC youth reporter, they hope to further archive that which is often unseen.
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Five years after Hurricane Florence left damage across eastern North Carolina, youth reporter Manzili Kokayi uplifts one woman's fight to save her family's generational property.