A Gap Year Is a Better Idea Now Than Ever Before–One Rising College Freshman Shares Why
A case for taking a year to travel.
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Madelyn Malin is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is studying global health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. She has interned with several global health organizations and in 2024, was awarded the Morehead-Cain Scholarship, one of the most prestigious merit scholarships in the United States. Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Madelyn is currently spending her gap year exploring life beyond the American lens.