She participated in several Israeli youth delegations to the USA and Europe, and was involved in social and voluntary activities during her school years.

Meir finished high school at the top of her class, serving as valedictorian at its graduation ceremony.

Her army service was with the IDF Intelligence Corps, in which she furthered her studies of the Arabic language.

Her thesis was entitled, "Thematic structure and verb agreement in Israeli Sign Language."

The syntax and semantics of verb agreement was one central strand of her research on sign languages.