Kappa Alpha Theta Scholarship Fund

Caroline Martin is a junior from Allendale, New Jersey. She is studying both Marketing in the Robert H. Smith School of Business and Criminal Justice in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences. On campus, she is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She serves as the Vice President of Membership and serves on the Executive Board. She is also a volunteer tutor for EduMate, an organization that provides New York City public school students with free, virtual tutoring. In the fall, she hopes to apply to law school in order to continue her education.

I joined Kappa Alpha Theta in the spring of 2019, and the following Fall became Director of Community Service for my chapter at the University of Maryland. This position was extremely rewarding as I enjoyed seeing my chapter step up and take action where needed. Aside from holding this position, I serve as a Child Life volunteer at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital's Prince George's location, as I hope to one day become a physician and work with children in underserved areas. I was inspired to take this track in college after working with an organization called Universal Promise, one that promotes healthcare and health education in rural parts of South Africa, for several years, and I am happy to say that I am still involved with this organization today. I am currently majoring in Public Health Science and minoring in Global Poverty in order to gain an understanding of healthcare on an international scale. To this end, I am also a part of the Global Fellows program here at UMD, and I look forward to continuing my exploration of worldwide healthcare through this program.