education
Ms. Garretson has completed her Her presentations include: HIV/AIDS, The American University; Gold Medalist
accelerated ninth grade high school cur- Hypertension and Diabetes. Ms. Garret- Entrepreneurship Category, NAACP
riculum including: Honors Algebra II, son spent her Christmas vacation volun- ACT-So Competition; First Place Essay
Honors Physics, Honors English, and AP teering in the University of Maryland Contest sponsored by Bethesda Literary
Government. Ms. Garretson was Medical Center R. Adams Cowley Shock Arts Festival; and Outstanding Achieve-
involved in extra curricular activities Trauma Center, in Baltimore, Maryland. ment Award in Latin. She has participat-
including: Debate, Moot Court and Vol- She was a Trauma Radiology Volunteer, ed in gifted and talented programs
leyball. She has already earned one col- a position typically reserved for under- including: Education Program for Gifted
lege credit from Louras College, and her graduates, and medical students. Ms. Youth at Stanford University; Duke
score on the Advanced Placement Garretson spent 75 hours assisting in the University Talent Identification Program;
Government Exam will count for college process of taking portable x-rays of criti- and Johns Hopkins University Center for
credit. cally injured patients. While most stu- Talented Youth. Ms. Garretson attended
Ms. Garretson is currently conducting dents were receiving gifts, Ms. Garretson Model United Nations Conferences at the
research with the Department of Biomed- was giving her time to others. Ms. Gar- United States Department of State, Har-
ical Engineering, Science and Health retson volunteered on Christmas day, and vard University and The American
Systems at the Hahnemann University one of her shifts was 11 hours. With Ms University. As part of her Model United
Hospital at Drexel University. Her Garretson’s assistance along with other Nations conferences, she often represents
research project is the Acellularized hospital volunteers, the University of non governmental organizations and par-
Murine Myocardium as a Tissue-Specif- Maryland Medical Center was able to ticipates in the World Health Organiza-
ic Scaffold for Cardiac Tissue Engineer- meet the increasing demands for health tion. She is a student member of the
ing and Transplants. She is working with care during the holidays. Global Health Council. She recently
scientists including: Dr. Ari Brooks, Dr. Ms. Garretson has earned numerous studied environmental science and cul-
Anat Katsir and Dr. Peter Lelkes. She is accomplishments during her middle and ture in Hawaii with the Brown Universi-
a trainee in the Physician Scientist Train- high school careers. She has consistent- ty Leadership Laboratory.
ing Program, a longitudinal program to ly earned recognition for her grades Ms. Garretson recently founded, Edu-
prepare students to enter the field of bio- including honor roll and high honors. cational Books & Media, to provide low
medical research. For the past two sum- Other achievements include: Quarterfi- cost, gently used, college textbooks to
mers, she completed coursework in sci- nalist, We the People Moot Court Com- students. With the cost of college text-
ence, scientific writing and statistics. petition, Washington College of Law, books on the rise, Ms. Garretson will be
able to recycle her own textbooks begin-
ning next fall. Ms. Garretson was recent-
ly awarded a Silver Medal for Entrepre-
neurship as part of the 2009 National
Work at Yale University
NAACP ACT-SO Competition.
help us build a
Ms. Garretson is passionate about
better world and a
sharing our gifts with others and is avail-
stronger community
able for speaking engagements. She is
Whether you are pursuing a career available to speak on the following top-
in finance or fine arts, Yale is a
ics: planning for your future; college
great place to work because it offers
admissions process; achieving dreams
opportunities that are as diverse as its
despite challenges; getting ready for col-staff. Come join us and help support
the mission and reputation of one of
lege; preventing HIV/AIDS; youth
the world’s leading institutions.
engagement and service; youth entrepre-
neurship; and youth leadership.
www.yale.edu/jobs For more information, please visit:
http://www.marnegarretson.com. square6
CONTACT: Marlinda Boxley, 301-540-0184,
Marlinboxley@aol.com.
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