Miss Colorado is a graduate of USAFA.
US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt.
While at the US Air Force Academy, she was drawn to the beauty contests because of her desire to do community service and public speaking. "As a freshman at the academy, you might have a hard time finding your identity in a very new and challenging environment," Marsh told the Air Force Institute of Technology. The focus on public speaking and community service is one of the things I love about pageants, and my cousin competed in them for a long time. She was crowned Miss Colorado just days before graduating from USAFA and receiving her commission as a second lieutenant. She is going to participate in research on early detection of Pancreatic Cancer at the Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her mother died from pancreatic cancer in the summer of 2018, prompting her advocacy for patient care and research through the Whitney Marsh Foundation.