She attended St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Rochester, MN and graduated from Milwaukee County General School of Nursing. She held staff nurse positions in coronary/intensive care, and provided skilled home-nursing services in a variety of medical specialties. Meg headed the Wisconsin La Leche League for five years and served on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) State of the Science panel. She also served 6 years on an NIH Data, Safety and Monitoring Board.