Before coming to Samford, Mary was a participant in the YMCA Youth Judicial and Youth Legislation, held a state title at Alabama Girls State, and was a member of the Math and English teams at Providence Christian School in Dothan, Alabama. While in high school, Mary was also the captain of her high school’s varsity tennis team and participated in their national qualifying scholars bowl team for 4 years. While attending Samford, Mary plans to study International Relations and focus her language studies in Arabic. Mary plans to attend law school after graduation and focus her work on immigration law.