Megan Epley, Founder
Throughout Megan's personal and professional life, art has always been the foundational element. After pursuing her degree in art history from Arizona State University, she began teaching art part-time, while also working at the Phoenix Boys Choir as the marketing and development associate.
After eventually becoming a full-time reading & math intervention teacher, Megan began recognizing that the schools were missing a crucial developmental element to success, creativity. She began integrating art with her intervention groups and her students' test scores began increasing dramatically, up to two grade levels. Thus the idea for stARTem was born.
Megan was a member of SEED SPOT 2016 co-hort where stARTem won Best Non-Profit. Since then stARTem has grown to impact and inspire 2,226 students throughout the state of Arizona.