One Million Degrees
Gabino Sanchez Jr. currently serves as a Career Advancement Coordinator at One Million Degrees, where responsibilities include managing participant support, analyzing data trends for program improvements, collaborating with partner organizations, and leading DEI initiatives. Previous experience includes working as a Bilingual Resource Trainer at the UIC Center for Literacy, where Gabino developed operational procedures and facilitated training sessions with high participant satisfaction. As a docent at the Smart Museum of Art, engagement activities were executed for diverse audiences. Additionally, Gabino held the role of Special Project Manager at MAPSCorps, leading data collection projects and collaborating with the Alumni Council. Gabino holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
One Million Degrees
One Million Degrees empowers low-income, highly motivated community college students to succeed in school, in work, and in life. Community college students are among the most important yet least supported of this country's undergraduate population. Community colleges offer pathways to meaningful careers and, often, an on-ramp to four-year universities. Yet, lacking critical resources, most students never graduate. It is stunning how little is available to this vital and vibrant group of students. One Million Degrees changes the odds entirely. Our groundbreaking program – innovative, personalized, uniquely effective – delivers the kind of meaningful support that is transforming lives and creating a pattern of positive change that will echo for generations. This is what works.