Sharon McMa­hon is a ded­i­cat­ed edu­ca­tor spe­cial­iz­ing in gov­ern­ment and law at the high school lev­el, wide­ly rec­og­nized as America’s Gov­ern­ment Teacher through her engag­ing Insta­gram account, “Sharon Says So”. In an era where sen­sa­tion­al news and mis­in­for­ma­tion fre­quent­ly dom­i­nate, mil­lions trust McMa­hon for her non­par­ti­san, fact-based insights.

In addi­tion to her teach­ing, McMa­hon hosts the award-win­ning pod­cast “Here’s Where It Gets Inter­est­ing”. Each week, she cap­ti­vates her audi­ence with infor­ma­tive nar­ra­tives about sig­nif­i­cant moments and fig­ures in U.S. his­to­ry. Beyond the pod­cast, she found­ed “The Pre­am­ble”, a newslet­ter that pro­vides essen­tial his­tor­i­cal con­text and analy­sis on impor­tant cur­rent events. Through these plat­forms, McMa­hon not only shares knowl­edge but also inspires oth­ers to become advo­cates for change in their com­mu­ni­ties.

McMahon’s impact extends beyond infor­ma­tion dis­sem­i­na­tion; she is active­ly involved in phil­an­thropy. She has spear­head­ed var­i­ous ini­tia­tives that have col­lec­tive­ly raised over $9 mil­lion for diverse caus­es, includ­ing sup­port for teach­ers, sur­vivors of domes­tic vio­lence, crit­i­cal­ly ill chil­dren, med­ical debt relief, and assis­tance for refugees, among oth­ers. Through her work, she empha­sizes the impor­tance of social respon­si­bil­i­ty and encour­ages indi­vid­u­als to con­tribute pos­i­tive­ly to soci­ety, embody­ing the spir­it of being a world-chang­ing human. Her com­mit­ment to fac­tu­al edu­ca­tion and com­mu­ni­ty sup­port posi­tions her as a sig­nif­i­cant fig­ure in con­tem­po­rary dis­cus­sions sur­round­ing civics and active cit­i­zen­ship.