Meagan Tom

Megan Tom (She/Her/Asdzáán) is Tsi’naajinii born for Naakai Diné, and her maternal clan is Tséńjíkiní. She is from Naʼníʼá Hasání (Cameron, AZ) and has an extensive background in Indigenous higher education research, college planning programs, and nonprofit fundraising. Megan is currently a Higher Learning Program Assistant at the Mellon Foundation, where she supports humanities grantmaking initiatives. Before joining Mellon, she managed fundraising data and systems at NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led nonprofit based in the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ. With her previous Program and Research Assistant roles at the College Board and the ASU Center for Indian Education, she supported Indigenous higher education research and programs focused on student leadership, college readiness, law school preparation, and campus belonging. Megan graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature. She is currently pursuing a low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She currently lives in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY).

You can reach Megan via email at info@aich.org.