Meet the Transfer Interns: Malerie

I’m Malerie and I’m a senior here at W&M. I was born and raised in suburban Maryland. I am currently a psychology major, a management and organizational leadership minor and my goal is to earn a master’s degree in higher education.

I have always been somewhat obsessed with volunteering. I volunteered over 1,000 community service hours in high school and I have lost track by now! Most of that time was spent working with or on behalf of children considered in-need or at-risk. I did this through three organizations: Music Counts and The E.S.T.E.A.M. Initiative (both of which worked directly with students) and the Student Alliance for Change (which was policy-focused). As you might be able to tell from these activities, at the heart of almost everything I do is my belief that every student, without exception, deserves the best education possible. What better place to earn that education than William & Mary?

While at William & Mary, my on-campus involvement has included W&M Pep Band, club volleyball, membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated, volunteering for the Office of Undergraduate Admission as a Home for the Holidays Program student recruiter and Transfer Intern, being a research assistant in the Department of Psychology’s Social Cognition Lab, sitting on the Lemon Project’s Committee for Memorialization, and 50th Anniversary Committee commemorating the first residential African American women who attended the university. I am so excited to continue meeting and helping prospective transfer students discover the joys of William & Mary!

-Malerie Gamblin ’17