Voices of Future Generations: Penpal in the Outback

Voices of Future Generations: Penpal in the Outback


“Where you live, I think, it actually changes your opinion on quite a lot of things.”

Words of wisdom from a child living in the Blue Mountains of Australia.

This episode of Voices is about a fourteen year old girl in Sydney and her penpal – only 70 km away, but in a different world. She talks about what it’s like for her, an urban teen, to learn about life from someone her own age but living a wildly different life. But not so different in some ways as well.

“I suppose that where you live is what you make of it. It’s all about the people and the things that you love,” she concludes.
 

Megan has always been passionate about the issues of equality and human rights, particularly the social and political factors which contribute to events in these areas on a global level. She cultivated this interest into a Bachelors with a double major in History and Political Science from Davis & Elkins College, and has recently obtained her Masters of Research from the University of Glasgow in Human Rights and International Politics. Her Masters dissertation strongly emphasized the barriers presented by discrimination and healthcare access as faced by marginalized communities, especially when individuals live with “multiple disadvantages.” In her spare time, Megan enjoys hiking with her dog, amateur photography, good music, and long books.

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