Meghan Buchanan

In second grade, Meghan’s parents were told by her pediatrician that she would not achieve much academically. Her mom did not buy into it, though, and instead helped her everyday to improve her spelling. Her teacher at the time was very rude about Meghan struggling to read and would publicly humiliate her in front of her class which caused her to stop trying to learn how to read and write. After her dyslexia and later ADHD diagnoses, her mom encouraged her to start learning again saying, “Sweetheart, you can be anything you want to be. You are just going to have to work harder than everybody else, and that starts today in this house.” This reignited Meghan to start working harder to learn how to read and write.

Now at 51, Meghan is an aerospace engineer who enjoys exploring the outdoors from snowboarding to climbing the seven summits, She also has been a keynote speaker at universities and tech companies. Meghan is also an advocate for dyslexia including for the International Dyslexia Association and working on filling the gaps that still remain for children with dyslexia in Colorado. She is working on launching a non-profit organization GGRIT (Gratitude, Growth, Resilience, Integrity, and Tenacity) to help kids in Colorado who have learning disabilities. Meghan also wrote a book about her dyslexia called GGRIT: Choose to Rise.

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