Megan Russell:  

CLASS OF 1999
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Mission, KS

Megan's Story

Megan is from Fairway, Kansas. Megan is married with Taylor Christian Russell. Megan's schools include St. Agnes Grade School, and St.Thomas Aquinas High School. Megan later attended University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, UMKC Alum (B.A. in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors), Departmental Honors, Healthcare/Medical Research, as well as Behavioral Health Research, and the correlation between the attention to the patients' affect, while living with Cancer, and are clinicians treating these patients with a cooperative, and a more complimentary approach to treatment. Megan conducted research, in Leavenworth, KS, while participating in an independent study program, under the mentor ship, and guidance from, Dr. Marne Sherman, and Dr. David Barnum. Megan & her research partner, Claire Jones, co-created a code book for the above mentioned 2 year study. The research was presented in Austria, in 2010, and published in the Journal of Psycho-Oncology that same year. During her time interning at The Guidance Center, Megan was also involved in observing, and assisting with parent court assessments, & child/adolescent anonymous assessments/feedback discussions, both during, and after the assessments. Megan was a member, and involved in several organizations; Psi Chi National Honors Society for Psychology, UMKC Psychology Club, Phi Theta Kappa...in two separate chapters, UMKC Spanish Club, and Helper's Inc. Megan works(ed) at SAHM (stay at home mommy), The Katz Law Firm, The Guidance Center. Music Megan likes includes: all her Synthwave musician/artist friends, including, her husband, The TCR, The Dust Collective, The Dread, Dan Terminus, Gost, Perturbator, Carpenter Brut, Hammerzya, Stilz, Cosmo Cocktail, The Neon Droid, Fast Times, Oceanside85, Recall FM, etc...Megan also, likes Hard Rock/Metal, Electronic, Indie, etc...Books Megan likes include Relationship Rules, The Secret, Anger is an Energy, No More Cloudy Days. Movies Megan likes include The Drop, The Revenant, The Guest, Divergent Series, any Adam Sandler movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Pulp Fiction, John Wick, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, etc. TV shows Megan likes include Disney Junior, The Walking Dead, BabyFirstTV, How to get away with Murder, Limitless, Blindspot, Nurse Jackie, Vinyl, Supernatural, Big Bang Theory, Grandfathered, The Flash, Smallville, etc... One of Megan's favorite quotes is: “Es mejor llorar con los hombres sabios que reír con los tontos”......“It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools” -Spanish Proverb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"-Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...Expand for more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience off trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved"-Helen Keller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Success is measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed"-Booker T. Washington ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose-a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve"-John Maxwell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail"-Nelson Mandela ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion, and empathy"-Dean Koontz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams"-Jonas Salk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds"-Orison Swett Marden *My Favorite Quote that was read at my Summa Cum Laude Honors luncheon! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "All that we are is the result of what we have thought"-Buddha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles."-anonymous ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is never to late to be what you might have been". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is not length of life, but the depth of life." -Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The perfect guy is someone who could be anywhere in the world, but he chooses to be with her because life is better, with her by his side."-The Perfect Man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Quien todo lo quiere todo lo pierde."-He who wants everything will lose everything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "El amo sincero es un alma repartida en dos cuerpos."- True love is one soul shared by two bodies. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2010---> Albert Schweitzer once said: "We must all die. But if I can save him from days of torture, that is what I feel is my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~".
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