Ms. McFate grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and has had a lifelong love of reading and libraries. She attended California University of Pennsylvania, also known as CalU and officially renamed PennWest California in July 2022, for elementary education followed by a few years of substitute teaching, where she learned she actually connected better with secondary students. That realization, combined with an earlier suggestion from her hometown public librarian to become a school library-media specialist, led Ms. McFate to attend the University of Pittsburgh for her Masters in Library and Information Science. She has moved around the Carolinas a bit in her career thus far due to relocation wants/needs but hopes to make Cochrane Collegiate Academy & iMeck Academy her long-term "home!" 

Contact Information

Email: shannonm.mcfate@cms.k12.nc.us

School: (980) 343-6460 (CCiA Main Line)