By Skye Crawford Key Takeaways: When she was growing up in rural southeastern North Carolina, Alicia Freeman saw people whose mental health and substance use concerns went untreated because her area had very few resources to help them. Freeman, who’s been at UNC Chapel Hill since 2019, said watching her community members struggle is part […]
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Skye Crawford is our summer 2026 legislative intern. She is a 2026 graduate of NC State’s MFA program for creative writing, where she also did her undergrad. She worked at the student newspaper, Technician, for four years, most recently serving as editor-in-chief. She led her team’s coverage of the AI landscape and building contamination on campus with an emphasis on Poe Hall.
Skye found her passion for reporting by covering issues that impacted her campus community. She sees a future career in service-based local journalism. She can be reached at scrawford@northcarolinahealthnews.org
