Megan Roe

Megan is a Senior Industrial Designer for Graco who enjoys DIY projects on her home, getting lost in creative blogs, playing with fabric and thread, and stealing puppy kisses from her mutt, Mia.
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Celebrating Exploration, Innovation & Columbus Day

In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain. If you grew up in the U.S., chances are you learned this childhood sing-song rhyme about Christopher Columbus, bravely setting out for uncharted territory (and surely hoping that the world wasn’t [...]

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Easy-To-Clean Gear for Your Little Cookie Monster!

Who doesn’t love a really good cookie? From melty chocolate chip to salty / sweet oatmeal raisin to decadent butterscotch chip, cookies hit the spot—no matter if you’re eleven months old or 70 years (young). Of course, the telltale trail of crumbs can be a little bit of a bummer, especially if they’ve found their [...]

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What is Safety Surround™ Side Impact Protection?

With the recent launch of our new TurboBooster® with Safety Surround™ Side Impact Protection, we decided to sit down with John Bachner, our Director of Global Car Seat Research and Development, to get the scoop on what Safety Surround™ Side Impact Protection is and why it’s important when it comes to car seat safety. Tell [...]

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Dad’s We Didn’t Forget About You!

We talk a lot about moms around here at Graco, but we always remember the pivotal role that dads play in raising children.  As Father’s Day approaches (Sunday, June 17th, people!), some of the features on our products that might be particularly interesting to dads are top-of-mind. When we develop products, we incorporate thoughtful details [...]

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Celebrating the Modern Mom

The month of May must be one of the most perfect times of the year.  The weather is beautiful – sunny days and flowers ready to pop, school is on its way to summer vacation, and the month closes out with a three day weekend.  On top of all that, May is a month that [...]

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Prepping for Preggers: Work + Life

Our next mom letting us peak into her day-to-day is our Lead Usability Engineer, Liz Mauer.  Liz has a son named Jason who is less than 1 year old.  Liz is one of my dearest friends at the office – always shooting you straight with her honest opinion.  Her and her hubs also have 2 [...]

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Prepping for Preggers: Work + Life

Yet another wonderful woman is willing to have us peak into her day-to-day.  You guys all know Karen, from here…and here….oh yeah, and here (just to name a few).  She’s a regular contributor on our blog.  But on top of her social media involvement, she is also a Sr. Demand Planner for our Supply Chain [...]

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Crafty Kids: Pinning Love & Kate

Every once and a while you meet someone that has a tendency to make even the little things more fun.  Our friend and blog contributer, Kate is definitely that type of person.  From Pinterest Potlucks to Halloween flash-mobs, she was always the one dragging all of us into doing things (sometimes unwillingly I have to [...]

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Crafty Kids: Pinning Love

Usually this post is about crafting with your kids, but sometimes you just have to do something for yourself.  Here at Graco, we have caught the Pinterest bug.  A small group of us get together each month and challenge ourselves with a craft that we found on Pinterest. You know I love arts and crafts, so [...]

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Prepping for Preggers: Work + Life

A couple of weeks ago we opened our series on Work + Life.  This week our very own Valerie Cansler shares her insights on how she gets through the week.  Val is a market researcher and mom of 2 kids – one boy and one girl.  She is one of the most genuine people I know and [...]

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