Meg Crenshaw

Meg served as president of her school's Key Club, a service organization with about 180 students. She was also heavily involved in Social Justice Club and Interfaith Alliance, helping to organize events such as a school-wide debate, a fundraising raffle, and an Interfaith forum and potluck. She believes that quality education for youth is fundamental to world progress. She loves games and sports until they get serious, and she is always looking for whistlers with whom she can harmonize.

On Moving

Meg Crenshaw

2013-02-05

I changed host families a couple of weeks ago. Although my new family members–and new house–are only about ten yards away, I still had to go through the process of packing up and moving. And as I pulled apart every single thing in my room, I started feeling exactly like George Banks in Father of...

Competency

Meg Crenshaw

2012-12-05

I recently had a realization: While I was in the States, I was at least competent at the things I did in my daily life. Prepare breakfast? Check. Drive to school? Check. Lead a meeting? Check. Flush the toilet? Check. It’s a humbling experience to suddenly not be competent at everyday things. Flushing the toilet,...

Meg Crenshaw

2012-10-02

I was exhausted: I had spent the day–from 8am to 4pm–bringing big rocks from across the river to our community in the Ecuador Sun. I was lonely: I saw other workers joking around with their best friends, while I was stuck with five-year-old vocabulary. I was upset: I knew that this was not the day...

Eighteen Year Olds

Meg Crenshaw

2012-07-10

Eighteen is a funny age. In the summer, eighteen year olds fill the spectrum. There are eighteen year olds completely dependent on their parents, and there are eighteen year olds paying rent independently. There are eighteen year olds who have a three-month interlude during the summer, and there are eighteen year olds whose summers are...

Meg Crenshaw

On Moving

Meg Crenshaw

Competency

Meg Crenshaw

Mindfulness

Meg Crenshaw

Eighteen Year Olds

Meg Crenshaw