One Million Degrees
Shatera McNair is a dedicated program coordinator currently working with One Million Degrees since May 2023, focusing on educational initiatives. Previously, Shatera served as an AmeriCorps Team Leader and Student Success Coach for City Year Chicago, where responsibilities included tutoring, stakeholder collaboration, and event coordination to enhance school climate and student achievement. Shatera also held positions at APPLES Service-Learning and the Community Empowerment Fund, managing communications, marketing efforts, and conducting person-centered meetings to support marginalized communities. Academic involvement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill included serving as a Student Leader in Accessibility Resources and teaching assistant roles at the MERIT Health Leadership Academy. As the founder of the English-Spanish Intercambio Program, Shatera addressed language barriers among residents in Baltimore City. Shatera holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology with a minor in Socioeconomic Justice and Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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.