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The Washington Monument has undergone more than $10.7 million in repairs and renovations. The monument reopens on Sept. 19.

Mikaela Lefrak

Mikaela Lefrak is WAMU’s Arts and Culture reporter. Before moving into that role, she worked as WAMU’s news producer for Morning Edition.

Lefrak is a Northern Virginia native and a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont. She received a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University, where she had the honor of working as the graduate assistant to renowned  New York Times media columnist David Carr.

Prior to working at WAMU, Lefrak was an editor at  The New Republic, where she produced politics and culture podcasts. She has also produced at PRI’s The World and WGBH Boston, and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Oakland, California.