Melynda Meyrick received her B.A. in Political Science with Minors in Chinese and History from Southern Illinois University. Her J.D. is from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where she served as a research assistant for ASU Professor Dr. Linda Demaine and as a Law Clerk for Federal Immigration Counselors, PC, assisting attorneys in trial preparation and working with DHS and U.S. Embassies in relation to consular processing.