Meara Kane is a City Year AmeriCorps member serving as a studentsuccess coach at Eugene Field Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In thisrole, she provides academic, attendance, and social-emotional support tostudents in a fourth grade classroom. The City Year program requires 1700 hoursof service throughout the school year, and Meara pursues additional serviceopportunities outside of the classroom by volunteering with communityorganizations such as Iron Gate, the Gathering Place, the Tulsa Garden Center,the Tulsa SPCA, and the Oklahoma Aquarium. She enjoys seeking out newexperiences and believes that community connection is an essential part ofstaying grounded and healthy while navigating challenges.

In addition to her work with City Year, Meara has also beenworking on a project called Lemniscate, which she developed with a classmateshortly after graduating high school. Lemniscate aims to elevate voices fromthe neurodivergent community by creating safe spaces for neurodivergent folksto connect and share their experiences. She recently partnered with a writerfrom the Tulsa area to host Lemniscate’s first in-person meetup in March, wherethey met other community members who were also interested in the project. Theyare currently working on maintaining connections virtually through a blog,newsletter, and social media channels and are planning a second in-person eventscheduled for the end of May.