While earning their master’s at Columbia School of Social Work, Meg spent a summer working at Camp Echo Lake and co-led a youth program hiking, white water rafting, rock climbing, and boating in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Meg’s passion for marine and environmental conservation led them to volunteer with various organizations, including Reef Relief in Key West, Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Reef Renewal in Key West, where they taught snorkeling, educated youth on seining the Hudson River and fish identification, and assisted with coral conservation. Meg is a licensed clinical social worker dedicated to fighting injustice and inequity. They work in Kings County Supreme Court with the Legal Aid Society in the Adolescent Intervention and Diversion program, where they provide support and advocacy for adolescents facing felony charges and assist with their legal defense. Meg is a part-time in-home child therapist working with youth with autism spectrum diagnoses and anxiety disorders. An avid ocean lover, they have swum with Galápagos, hammerhead, nurse, whale, lemon, and sandbar sharks throughout Hawai’i, the Florida Keys, and Mexico.