She is currently a business analyst for Partners in Performance and operations and strategy consulting firm for heavy industries. She is also an adviser to a venture called Tubing Operations for Humanitarian Logistics (TOHL) that uses coiled tubing technology to deliver water to isolated villages during natural disasters.

McCoy was the founder of both Enterprise to Empower 2010, an Atlanta-wide conference on social enterprise attended by over 150 students & professionals, and Enterprise to Empower, a Georgia Tech Student Organization. She co-founded Authentise, which allows manufacturers and consumers to access proprietary 3-D designs in exchange for royalties.

McCoy received a B.S. in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech with a minor in economics and has undertaken five internships. McCoy, a native of Dallas, Texas will pursue a Master of Science in Environmental and Chemical Engineering by Research at Oxford University. They gave her experiences ranging from mining operations in Chile to oil drilling in Alaska to government relations and software development issues in Texas. Her passion for social business and innovation took root while working abroad in Chile, and she has been working ever since to develop skills as an engineer and entrepreneur to pursue this area as a profession.

While she was studying chemical engineering at Georgia Tech, McCoy was a President's Scholar, vice president of AIESEC, a member of Alpha Chi Omega, and received the Tau Beta Pi Nagel Scholarship. She graduated Georgia Tech summa cum laude.

The scholarships, announced early Sunday, provide all expenses for two or three years of study. Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 by the will of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes. The value of the scholarships averages about $50,000 per year.