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Mahkai Hunt is Fresh Energy’s Capitol Pathways Intern during the 2026 Legislative Session. Mahkai comes to Fresh Energy with a background in Political Science and interests in legal studies, community development, and learning first-hand how policy is created and moved through the Minnesota Legislature.
Mahkai is currently a Junior at Macalester College studying Political Science with a concentration in legal studies. He has interned at Neighborhood Justice Center, a criminal defence firm that provides services for low- income indivisual and worked on Expungement.
While he stays busy in the Capitol Pathways internship, as a full-time student, and planning his school’s SpringFest, Mahkai still finds time to relax by cooking and hanging out with his friends.