Megan has an MA in Soviet Studies and has taught at various universities in Russia and Ukraine. Most of her working life has been spent on social inclusion projects for those on the periphery of society and community cohesion for those living close to borders.

Megan has worked on projects such as access to healthcare and social welfare, women’s rights, trades unions, elections, agriculture and civil society in the remote Tajik/Afghan borders and the convoluted multi-ethnic Ferghana Valley.