'On equal terms:' Megan Amaral, manager

Megan Amaral, manager of the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, is one of 18 women being honored as an “unsung heroine.” (Image courtesy Megan Amaral)

In honor of the “ 150 Years of Women at Berkeley ” project, each day until Aug. 18 Berkeley News is hosting a series of Q&As featuring 18 unsung heroines on staff from all corners of the campus. The series will culminate on Aug. 18 with a special edition of Berkeley Campus Conversations , featuring four remarkable female staffers:

• Cruz Grimaldo, assistant vice chancellor and director of the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office
• Sunny Lee, assistant vice chancellor and dean of students
• Mia Settles-Tidwell, assistant vice chancellor in the Division of Equity and Inclusion
• Charmin Smith, head coach of Cal women’s basketball

The thirteenth woman honored as part of this series is Megan Amaral, manager of the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources , is one of 18 women being honored as an “unsung heroine.”

You were nominated for being a staff leader in Women in Management and inspiring others by volunteering to develop a robust recognition of staff women for the celebration of 150 years of women on campus. Colleagues share, “Megan is a first-generation college graduate who grew up poor on farms in Iowa and Minnesota. She is half Mexican and half Norwegian and proudly identifies as queer. Megan’s career has focused on the broad themes of community development, sustainability, arts and education, so she was a natural to become ERG’s staff lead.”