Hello!
My name is Megan. I am an educational artist living in Minneapolis, MN. I have a giant dog, like plants, and have a passion for scavenger hunts. Here on OutSchool, I teach classes that focus on storytelling & how stories show up in our day-to-day life. DID YOU KNOW: in the last decade studies have shown that learning in every subject (even math and science) is more effective when stories are used? So let's tell some stories!

 I have worked tutoring, nanny-ing, and providing community support for individuals with special needs for over a decade. I graduated from Bethel University in 2013 with a B.A. in Theatre Arts - Acting/Directing. Since then, I have:
-started running my own storytelling business
-recorded 2 CDs
-spent summers working in Denali National Park, AK (obtained my Certified Interpretive Guide Certification)
-worked in schools & affiliated programs as a guest artist

Because of these experiences, I firmly believe that education comes not only from the consumption of stories, but the building of our own stories. We learn best, and students learn best, when we both get to be the audience and the storytellers. 

One of the most important, informative classes I ever took was a college class on leadership. I remember sitting in that entirely too-small classroom all semester as we discussed theory after theory. A few weeks before graduation our young, goofy, professor asked if we had any questions. Someone asked him what the best advice he had ever been given was. He smiled to himself, nodded at the floor, and looked at us.  "Be a mentor and have a mentor. Always. It means that you will use what you learn and you will never stop learning."

My classes are built around just that idea! In my classes, students will use stories to understand the world around them and practice becoming storytellers in their own right. And maybe, just maybe, it means they will teach me something, too.