5. Megan McKeown
Mexico
Megan McKeown-Gleason was born and raised in Xalapa Veracruz. She graduated from Chapman University with a degree in Peace Studies and Women's Studies.
She is interested in peacebuilding through education, wisdom of crowds and the role of the arts in reconciliation and social regeneration. She has observed learning and teaching in Mexico, Georgia, Morocco, India, Turkey, and Jordan. She has facilitated peacebuilding workshops in Mexico in private, public and alternative schools, governmental agencies, NGOs and citizen collectives. Before starting her Rotary Peace Fellowship, she collaborated as a mediator, case manager and online outreach coordinator for non-profit Project Sentinel.