Meghan has a background in psychology and sociology. She holds a master’s in education, with a focus on developmental movement and dance for children with learning disabilities and on the autism spectrum. She studied Integrated Dance at the University of Washington. She has worked with children for over 20 years, specializing at times with at-risk children and teens on the autism spectrum.

Bringing dance into her work creates a joyful place to teach and learn. Meghan knew she wanted to teach dance to children when she moved to Seattle. She started a class on her own, which inspired ideas and ways to teach children.

In her exploration of forming a class, she discovered the Creative Dance Center and the work of Anne Green Gilbert. Anne had been teaching dance to children and people of all ages for 25 years. She was writing books on the subject. Feeling grateful Anne was so close by, Meghan began observing and mentoring at the Creative Dance Center and then began teaching there in 2005 until she moved back to Indianapolis in 2016.

She obtained the knowledge to teach the BrainDance© and the five-part multiple intelligence creative dance curriculum. In Seattle, Meghan not only taught at the Creative Dance Center, but also taught in schools, for the Friendship Circle, the Boys and Girls Club, Aspiring Youth, Sweet Pea Cottage, and privately.

Meghan also explored her own journey with dance through community-integrated dance and other forms of dance. Meghan has developed specific literacy and STEM workshops and enjoys customizing yoga and creative dance to current concepts participants are working on. For example, teaching a virtue such as gratitude through yoga. Here in Indianapolis,

Meghan has been working with Arts for Learning Indiana since 2016. Also, she teaches in studios, early childcare centers, preschools, schools and privately.