She is a believer in learning by doing and has created a number of empowering courses, including Food Policy and Justice, and City 2.0. In 2016, Maggie and a colleague in Germany designed an exchange with the purpose of studying the refugee crisis with a small group of students. The students created Students for Refugees, which now has 20+ chapters in Westchester and around the world, and which supports students in their efforts to help refugees, advocates for refugee youth, and directly assists in resettlement.