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Went to St. Anselm College, interned at White House

Leavitt attended St. Anselm College, a private Benedictine liberal arts college in New Hampshire, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in communications and political science in 2019. She obtained a scholarship to play NCAA Division II college softball, and penned op-eds in the school newspaper defending the Trump administration.

Neil Levesque, the director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, said Leavitt will be a "great fit" for the job, according to the Portsmouth Herald.

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"She was a fantastic student, very smart, very capable and very optimistic," Levesque said. "Certainly there's a lot of focus on her age, but the truth is that I think the most remarkable part about this is that she's really that good. She's just very talented in answering questions and communicating the president-elect's message."

While at St. Anselm, Leavitt interned at Fox News and the White House during the first Trump administration, working as a presidential writer and assistant press secretary under then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

According to The Eagle Tribune, Leavitt worked her way up to her position in the White House after applying for an internship as a writer in the presidential correspondence office when she was a junior. She started out writing "thank you" notes and letters to the public on Trump's behalf, and later was offered a job.

Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to [email protected]

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