Click "education" at this link to learn more about Megan McQueen's work as teaching artist for El Paso Opera: https://www.epopera.org/community

"Megan McQueen  began her career in education in 2004, when Las Cruces’ Alma d’Arte Charter High School hired her to integrate the arts into various mainstream curriculum via Americorps. She fused the knowledge of music she acquired while earning a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from New Mexico State University and the experience she gained studying theatre and working for Ephrata Playhouse in the Park in Pennsylvania and Pioneer Valley Summer Theatre in Massachusetts while teaching high school for 9 years.  During that time, she frequently produced and performed in musicals and completed a Master of Education degree from NMSU. She taught well over a thousand students during five years with the NMSU theatre department. Her wide-ranging experiences in music, theatre, and opera include performing at the Vatican in Rome, running a box office for 11 shows in 10 weeks during one Massachusetts’ summer, stage managing Rigoletto, and co-founding Scaffolding Theatre Company. She has performed leading roles in over 20 shows, including Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro for Doña Ana Lyric Opera, Miss Hannigan in Annie for Las Cruces Community Theatre, and most recently Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia for the UTEP Dinner Theatre. She has been teaching online for over four years, where she now creates various curricula and produces musicals virtually. She specializes in offering learners meaningful opportunities to interact with works of art, literature, or history and respond to them creatively. She loves helping students who didn’t realize they were artists embrace their unique creativity."