Megan C. McCoy was raised in the area near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a multi-generational household. From her parents influence, Megan developed a commitment to social justice. Other influential people in Megan's life were a university professor and former Medical Mission Sister, and elder family members, including her grandmother who lived to age 99. While growing up, Megan was interested in activities that did not conform to traditional gender roles and encountered prejudice based on gender expression which contributed to her commitment to countering oppression in all forms. As an undergraduate English major, her studies focused on the role of language in the construction of social identity, and she was strongly influenced by postmodern literary/cultural theorists and by the poets of the Black Arts Movement. Initially intending to pursue a law degree after undergraduate school, her professional interests shifted to social work after she accepted a case management position working with homebound older adults.

Megan has been committed, for over ten years, to working with underserved populations, and to communities impacted by disparities caused by intersections of race, income, age, functional status, and gender. She is currently the Director of Grant Research and Development at Center in the Park (CIP), a nationally accredited non-profit community-based senior center located in Philadelphia. In addition to her grant writing capacity, Megan serves as the CIP Project Director for Beat the Blues, a five year National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) funded research study being conducted at CIP in partnership with Thomas Jefferson University’s Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH), involving a social work intervention for the treatment of depression in homebound African-American older adultsnationally. Also, Megan supervises CIP's Housing Counseling Program. Since only approximately 2% of foundations are committed to funding aging related programs, she views evaluation as critical to sustaining programs, communicating program effectiveness to funders, and ultimately to advocating for the older adults Center in the Park serves.

Prior to her current position, Megan served as CIP’s Director of Social Services and Housing, Service Coordinator, and Housing Counselor. She also worked as a Clinician at Southern Arizona Mental Health Corporation.

Megan earned a BA degree from Temple University and Master’s degrees in Social Service and Law/Social Policy from the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. A member of the LGBT community, Megan has successfully introduced language revisions to include sexual orientation and gender identity in agency equal employment policies.