Megan Westmore

Megan Westmore, LMSW (she/her), received her Master of Science in Social Work degree with a concentration in Community and Administrative Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. She additionally holds a BSW and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from UT Austin. After completing her MSSW, Megan began her career as a policy fellow for The Arc of Texas, where she advocated with and for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) at the Texas Legislature. Following her fellowship, Megan worked as a sexual assault victim advocate for several years. As part of this role, she provided medical accompaniment and crisis intervention services to acute sexual assault survivors in Travis County. Most recently, Megan combined her passions for violence prevention and disability advocacy as the manager of the Disability Services department at SAFE in Austin, Texas. During her time at SAFE, she co-authored and in 2022 published a healthy relationship and safer sexuality curriculum for young adults with IDD entitled My Rights My Life. Megan is interested in continuing this work through researching outcomes for individuals with IDD, including their access to abuse and sexual assault prevention and healing services.