McKenna has over ten years experience working with children and adults with special needs in clinical, in-home, and special education settings. She has a background as a care provider for a family member and for children with disabilities. Working in California school systems, she designed and delivered instructional training to teaching teams across nine district sites and trained teams of instructional technicians to deliver trainings to site and districtwide staff. A master’s degree in human rights brought her to Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where she worked with Rohingya refugee Teaching Artists who deliver art education to communities in crisis and later to Sawla, Ghana supporting community led non-government organizations with the preservation of culture and language. In her free time, she loves to travel, listen to live music, bake, and read as well as spending time with loved ones, animals and working on deepening her mindfulness practices.
