Katie Meyler | |
|---|---|
 Katie Meyler in Liberia | |
| Born | 1982 |
| Education | Bernards High School |
| Alma mater | North Central University |
| Organization | More Than Me Foundation |
| Awards | Time Person of the Year (2014) Shorty Award for Best Activist (2015) |
Katie Ann Meyler (born 1982) is an American activist who is the founder of the More Than Me Foundation, an organization that works to educate young women in Liberia in the midst of the West African Ebola virus epidemic. She has been recognized as one of the Ebola fighters chosen as the 2014 Time Person of the Year and won at the 2015 Shorty Awards for Best Activist. However, she has received criticism for failing to protect the young women in her care from sexual abuse by her lover, an accusation which was extensively researched and reported on in 2018 by Time Magazine and ProPublica.[1] Meyler resigned from the organization as a result of the investigation.
- ^ "How More Than Me Became a Predator's Hunting Ground". Time. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-04-29.