Megan Wright

Megan Wright spent more than a decade as a professional dancer in New York and San Francisco. Her experiences in the dance industry led her to worker organizing and brought her to the City University of New York’s School of Labor & Urban Studies, where she studied labor relations. She came to Yale in her thirties as an Eli Whitney undergraduate student. Wright is majoring in economics with a certificate in Persian & Iranian Studies. She serves as president of the Eli Whitney Student Society, arts & culture desk head at the Yale Review of International Studies, and peer mentor for the Academic Strategies Program. She is a member of the class of 2026 and a big fan of Ezra Stiles College.