Katie Meyler

Biography

Katie Meyler is the Founder and CEO of More Than Me, a leading education network in Liberia working in partnership with the Ministry of Education to rebuild the Liberian education system. More Than Me Academy is rapidly growing their school model called (S)HE Matters, which focuses on safety, health, education and monitoring with a focus on gender equality. They serve over 4,300 students across 19 schools, with the goal of reaching 20% of Liberian children by 2021.

Katie started More Than Me in 2009 to get vulnerable girls off the street and into school by providing scholarships for school fees. In 2013, More Than Me opened the first tuition-free, private school for girls in Monrovia. When Ebola hit in 2014, Katie transitioned More Than Me to respond to Ebola and galvanized the community to help end the epidemic. She was named 2014 “TIME Person of the Year” for her contributions on the front lines of Ebola. She helped catalyze Liberia's growing national education reform along
side the Ministry of Education which is impacting 200 public schools, and over 50,000 children with quality education to date.
Katie was named among People Magazine's 25 women changing the world next to Sheryl Sandberg and Oprah, she's a Nelson Mandela Changemaker, one of Global Citizen's 17 Badass Women, and Glamour's 4 inspiring Women to follow on Instagram.

Katie stresses, “Before I'm American, I am human, and no little girl, regardless of where she was born, should be forced to work the streets when her biggest dream is just to go to school."