Meg Jones is not the conventional Fulbright Scholar. She says so herself.
“Being a first-generation college student and being a high school dropout, having this sort of questionable educational background. I m not a typical Fulbright applicant by any means,” she said.
Still, she finds herself in the unique situation of preparing to travel abroad this summer to study LGBTQ+ inclusion in teacher preparation programs in Finland, a country with one of the best education systems in the world. She received the award in April and will head to Europe in August to begin her research at the University of Helsinki.