McKenna has attended ACRE, Grin City, Shiro Oni Residency, and the Studios at MASS MoCA. She has been awarded two Smucker Wagstaff Grants, Rackham International Research Award, and an International Institute Individual Fellowship. Her work has been exhibited internationally at SkyLab (Columbus, OH), ACRE (Chicago, IL), Arturo Bandini (Los Angeles, CA), Shiro Oni (Fujioka, Japan), and Beeler Gallery (Columbus, OH).
She currently lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan where she teaches, gardens and makes quilts.
