Tariq Gambari

Clinical Health Studies | Narrowsburg, NY
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Last year for my community service project, I worked with the Girls Varsity Basketball

team as a team manager. My role was to help practice run smoothly and by keeping

track of the score, shot clock, and time. I was also asked to help play on the scout team

during the latter half of the season. I also had the opportunity to sit in with the coaches

and they planned, practiced and learned the ins and outs of running a D3 basketball

program For the 2025/26 school year, I will be continuing as the team manager and

helping the women's team in their new season. This past summer, I started my graduate

level course work for my Physical Therapy degree. I stayed in Ithaca for the summer

and took part in the gross anatomy course that all PT students have to take ahead of

the fall of their senior year. It was an amazing class, and a truly profound and

meaningful experience that I will never forget.

To me, being an MLK scholar is about like minded individuals coming together and

creating a community in which they can learn and grow together.. From the moment you

meet your cohort members during orientation week freshman year to the day of

graduation, you gain a network/ group of friends that support you on your journey

through college.