Megan Simmons

Megan Simmons is currently a sophomore at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City, where she is studying political science and sociology. Megan’s involvement in youth organizing began as a junior in high school in Lexington, South Carolina. She now serves as the director of strategy at Student Voice. Megan was selected recently as a youth fellow in Facebook’s inaugural cohort of Community Leadership Fellows and has also served as a student advisor for The New Teacher Project (TNTP) and a cohort fellow for EdSurge Independent. When she’s not working on Student Voice, you can find her drinking iced coffee, listening to a podcast or seeing a Broadway show.

Posts By Megan Simmons

Student Voice

This Weekend Students Across the Globe Are Coming Together to Recognize Our Collective Power

November 8, 2016. I was 17 years old. Like all other Americans, I had thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears regarding the election. But because I was 17, there was no institutional way for me to...

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