Sharon McMahon
Sharon McMahon
Sharon McMahon is on a mission to curate facts, fun, and inspiration by educating Americans on democracy, politics, and history. After years of serving as a high school government and law teacher, Sharon took her passion for education to Instagram with a mission to combat political misinformation with non-partisan facts. Sharon has earned a reputation as “America’s Government Teacher'' and quickly amassed over 900K social media followers, affectionately known as “Governerds.”
Sharon is also the host of the top-rated Sharon Says So Podcast (a top 1% podcast, averaging 1M downloads a month) where, each week, she provides entertaining yet factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people in history. In a time where flashy headlines and false information often takes the spotlight, Sharon is a reliable source for truth and logic. She shares the history of America you probably haven’t heard; stories of espionage, presidential scandals, change makers, law defiers, innovators and more and is joined weekly by some of the nation’s most prolific thought leaders, creators, and politicians.
In March 2022, Sharon won PR Week’s noteworthy Communicator of the Year Award. In all that she does, Sharon encourages others to be thoughtful, world-changing humans. She has led her community in various philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $4 million for teachers, domestic violence survivors, terminally ill children, victims of COVID-19, medical debt forgiveness programs, Ukrainian refugees and more. At the Festival Sharon will be a Global Voices panellist.