She is also the cofounder of the nonprofit organization the Meriwether Foundation, and a two-time All-American volleyball player at University of California, Los Angeles.

She was raised in Potomac, Maryland and graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.[2] Meriwether played volleyball at Duke University for one semester.

[3] She later transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was named a two-time NCAA All-American volleyball player and graduated with a degree in political science.

Meriwether returned to Miss California USA in 2009, representing Beverly Hills, where she finished as the third runner-up to Carrie Prejean.

The organization operates programs in health, education, nutrition, and development in rural and impoverished communities of Southern Africa.