Faces of NPR HBCU Edition: Ayesha Rascoe

Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. This month is special – we are featuring HBCU alum at NPR for Black History Month. The final Faces of NPR HBCU Edition goes to Ayesha Rascoe, White House Correspondent and Howard University Alum.

The Basics:

Name: Ayesha Rascoe

Title: White House Correspondent

HBCU: Howard University

Twitter Handle: @AyeshaRascoe

Where you're from: Durham, NC

You've covered three different presidents. What has been the most interesting part and the most rewarding?

The most amazing part for me had just been getting the opportunity to do it. I always wanted to be a journalist, since middle school. And pretty much every journalism opportunity that I ever could take, I did. But I never saw myself at the White House. I didn't know what I was going to do, but I never saw myself doing that.

I recognize now that when I first started out and was working at Reuters, news assistants would help out in what they call the "White House pool." So basically you do those things that the White House reporters don't want to do, like sitting in a van all day. But, I really liked it, and it was a big deal. And it was a big deal to my family to say I rode in the motorcade with the President, but I never thought that I could be a "real" White House reporter.

I really have been able to cover three White Houses, and I've been able to ride on Air Force One, and ask questions, and cover two impeachments. And to be in that space has been an enormous