The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2023 Yale Educator Award. The Yale Educator Recognition Program recognizes outstanding educators from around the world who have supported and inspired their students to achieve at high levels. Matriculating students are invited to nominate high school educators, and a committee composed of Yale admissions officers reviews the nominations individually and designates recipients. Of this year’s 385 nominees, who represent 43 states and 28 countries, 80 teachers and 32 counselors were selected to receive the award. In September, the winners were sent engraved desk sets and congratulatory letters, and administrators of the high schools were notified of their achievement.
The entire Yale Admissions Office credits the excellent quality of the Yale student body to educators like these, who shape their students long before they attend Yale, and would like to thank these and all educators for their ongoing efforts in motivating and supporting their students.
Award Winner | Subject/Title | Nominated By | Secondary School | State/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Paul Daniel | Mathematics | Kathleen Doyle | LAMP High School | AL | |
Ms. Jo Nell Van Lear | English | Gabriel Hartman | Bergman High School | AR | |
Mrs. Michelle Chiu | Chinese | Aaron Liu | Little Rock Central High School | AR | |
Mrs. Laura Edwards | Mathematics | Noah Killeen | Estrella Foothills High School | AZ | |
Mrs. Kinsey Redd | Social Studies | Madisen Rowley | Mesquite High School | AZ | |
Ms. Charlyn Morgan | History | Steven Rourick | Shadow Mountain High School | AZ | |
Mr. Jesse Luna | Counselor | Christopher DiPrima | Del Norte High School | CA | |
Mrs. Kristin DeWit | Mathematics | Ernie Ordaniel | Hemet High School | CA | |
Mx. Jayoung Kim | English | Samantha Lopez | John F Kennedy High School | CA | |
Mr. Mihir Athavale | Science | Annika Braceros | KIPP San Jose Collegiate | CA | |
Mr. Jeremy Sutton | English | Ashley Quach | Oakland Technical High School | CA | |
Mrs. Sally Richmond | Mathematics | William Coen | Pacific Grove High School | CA | |
Ms. Leena Guttal | Mathematics | Aniketh Malyala | Silver Creek High School | CA | |
Mr. Patrick Lorenzo | Counselor | Evan Sun | St. Ignatius College Prep | CA | |
Ms. Wendy Umekubo | Mathematics | Matthew Cheng | Valencia High School | CA | |
Mr. Huy Pham | Science | Teresa Nguyen | Westminster High School | CA | |
Mrs. Laura Cox | Science | Aiken Wang | Westview High School | CA | |
Ms. Kate Sherrill | Counselor | Bryn Erickson | Fort Collins High School | CO | |
Ms. Linda Bostic | Counselor | Vasilisa Malenkiy | Peak To Peak Charter School | CO | |
Ms. Katlyn D’Appollonio | Science | Troy Meggie | Achievement First Hartford | CT | |
Mr. Roderick Henderson | Mathematics | Johan Paz-Vega | Capital Preparatory Harbor School | CT | |
Ms. Julia Miller | History | Suling Chen | Metropolitan Business Academy | CT | |
Mr. Mike Catanese | Business | Duncan Plude | Seymour High School | CT | |
Ms. Olivia Quagliani | Counselor | Ayannah Obas | West Haven High School | CT | |
Mr. Ryan Mitchell | Counselor | Angela Ryu | Newark Charter School | DE | |
Mr. John Braley | English | Nicholas Chowdhury | Columbia High School | FL | |
Mrs. Melissa Gonzalez | English | Maria Cestero | Coral Gables Senior High School | FL | |
Dr. Scott Sowell | Science | David Rodriguez | Darnell-Cookman High School | FL | |
Mr. Philip Deaugustino | Counselor | Eric Lin | Flagler Palm Coast High School | FL | |
Mr. Scott Warren | Mathematics | Eric Lin | Flagler Palm Coast High School | FL | |
Mrs. Lauren Moseley | Counselor | Luke McLaughlin | H B Plant High School | FL | |
Ms. Michelle Tracy | Counselor | Steven Shepherd | South Fort Myers High School | FL | |
Mrs. Lesley Morter | Counselor | Lyah Tabu | T R Robinson High School | FL | |
Mrs. Adelyn Bankston | Science | Miles Parkhurst | Islands High School | GA | |
Mrs. Barbara Beyke | Social Studies | Shukraat Adesina | McEachern High School | GA | |
Mr. Scott Allen | Latin | Jonas Loesel | Midtown High School | GA | |
Mr. Jayson Kunihiro | Mathematics | Cindy Mo | Roosevelt High School | HI | |
Ms. Haiyen Truong | History | David Meduga | Chicago Bulls College Preparatory School | IL | |
Mr. Andrew Johnson | Social Studies | Camila Bautista | George Westinghouse High School | IL | |
Mr. Brady Gunnink | English | Debbie Mojekwu | Jones College Preparatory | IL | |
Mrs. Shannon Hughes | Counselor | Cael McCullum | Signature School | IN | |
Mrs. Tracey Hayden | Science | Cael McCullum | Signature School | IN | |
Mr. Todd Bernard | English | Zenaat Malik | Ballard High School | KY | |
Mrs. Elizabeth Pelphrey | Science | Alden Yorba | Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | KY | |
Mr. Brett Dupre | English | Hannah Jacobs | Benjamin Franklin High School | LA | |
Ms. Kylie Miller | English | Ari Li | Haynes Academy For Advanced Studies | LA | |
Ms. Stephanie Hinton | Counselor | Kayla Frey | KIPP Renaissance High School | LA | |
Mrs. Sandra Davis | Business | Landon Bishop | Saint Augustine High School | LA | |
Ms. Linda Iverson | English | Jenny Zhao | Lewiston High School | ME | |
Ms. Grace Jackson | Counselor | Giselle Verdugo Acosta | Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | MN | |
Dr. Danielle Johnson | Debate | Yogev Angelovici | Columbia-Rock Bridge High School | MO | |
Mrs. Jolene Dudley | Family and Consumer Sciences | Royce Haynes | Grandview High School | MO | |
Mr. Charles Yarborough | History | Hilldana Tibebu | Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | MS | |
Mrs. Kathryn Daniels | Social Studies | Isabella Le | Petal High School | MS | |
Mr. Bradly Parker | Counselor | Isabella Le | Petal High School | MS | |
Mrs. Suzanne Sturges | Spanish | Hannah Wyman | Great Falls High School | MT | |
Mr. Kevin McLaughlin | History | Diya Patel | East Davidson High School | NC | |
Ms. Shayne Klein | History | Owen Hannon | Raleigh Charter High School | NC | |
Mr. David Gocklin | Social Studies | Fthia Yousif | Manchester Memorial High School | NH | |
Mr. Mehdi Hashemi | Art | Lesley Barreto | Jose Marti STEM Academy | NJ | |
Ms. Christine Zelenka | Science | Annalie Diaz | Memorial High School | NJ | |
Ms. Jennifer Moran | Counselor | Ruth Ogunribido | Achievement First University Prep High School | NY | |
Ms. Nilka Acosta | Mathematics | Jonathan Mejia | All City Leadership Secondary School | NY | |
Dr. Candice Chiavola | English | Nicole Manning | Manhattan Center for Science and Math | NY | |
Ms. Alina Quinde | Counselor | Nicole Manning | Manhattan Center for Science and Math | NY | |
Ms. Lisa Asher | Mathematics | Grady Yu | Staten Island Technical High School | NY | |
Mrs. Nicole Ewing | Spanish | Samson Wong | Vestal Senior High School | NY | |
Mrs. Lindsay McNeill | History | Amelia Wilkinson | Ashland High School | OR | |
Mrs. Gayle Mitchell | Gifted Education | Brooke Whitling | Cranberry Area High School | PA | |
Mrs. Tanya Dreon | Counselor | Abigail Nissley | Lower Dauphin High School | PA | |
Mr. Brian Lee | Performing Arts | Gabriela Berger | Taylor Allderdice High School | PA | |
Mr. Benjamin Phillian | Mathematics | Abigail Barlow | Turkeyfoot Valley Area High School | PA | |
Mrs. Emily Chambers | Counselor | Quentin Ding | Cookeville High School | TN | |
Ms. Laura Kim | English | Abram Knott | Independence High School | TN | |
Mrs. Edie Martin | English | Jay Simms | Lincoln County High School | TN | |
Mrs. Lainie Harrison | Counselor | Jay Simms | Lincoln County High School | TN | |
Mrs. Maribel Gadams | Counselor | Sophia Bricker | Merrol Hyde Magnet School | TN | |
Mrs. Annette Terry | History | Kevin Tanious | Allen High School | TX | |
Dr. Maqsuda Afroz | Science | Jocelyn Perez | Cesar E Chavez High School | TX | |
Ms. Remelia Arpino | Science | John Duong | Eisenhower High School | TX | |
Mrs. Catherine Teel | Counselor | Sophia Jimenez | Gregory-Portland High School | TX | |
Mr. Thomas Reynolds | History | Bilal Kharrat | Lubbock High School | TX | |
Dr. Erin Castle | Counselor | Bilal Kharrat | Lubbock High School | TX | |
Ms. Sally Woolweaver | Computer Science | Franklin Wu | Mirabeau B Lamar Sr High Sch | TX | |
Mrs. Rebecca DeBrosse | Social Studies | Cole Haynes | Montgomery High School | TX | |
Ms. Kristin Dragon | Social Studies | Kyle Romans | Randolph High School | TX | |
Mr. Jose Luis Gomez Capetillo | Science | Adalberto Arguelles | Rowe High School | TX | |
Mr. Juan Perez | Counselor | Gabriela Rodriguez | Sam Houston Math/Sci/Tech Cntr | TX | |
Ms. Alison Bulson | Science | Christopher Pankow | West High School | UT | |
Mrs. Laura Kincer | English | Jerry Huang | Tazewell High School | VA | |
Mr. Tim Renz | Science | Alexis Mburu | Foster High School | WA | |
Mr. Roberto Lopez | Counselor | Kenny Phan | Garfield High School | WA | |
Mr. Todd Wilber | Mathematics | Kunwoo Min | Rogers High School | WA | |
Mrs. Tracy Lord | English | Nathaniel Lange | Frankfort High School | WV | |
Mr. Richard Gerlach | Counselor | Rania Zuri Furaha | Morgantown High School | WV | |
Ms. Christina Batelli | Counselor | Eashan Hatti | Washington High School | WV | |
Mr. Craig Snyder | Science | William Chen | Winfield High School | WV | |
Mrs. Pamela Morris | Counselor | William Chen | Winfield High School | WV | |
Mr. Pedro Canabarro Cunha | History | Felipe Tancredo | Colégio Militar de Porto Alegre | Brazil | |
Mr. Thomas Mclean | Social Studies | Lisa Tauch | CIA First International School | Cambodia | |
Mr. David Ako | Social Studies | Johan Zongo | Ghana International School | Ghana | |
Mr. Michael Gyampo | Science | Andy Abayena | SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College | Ghana | |
Ms. Delinka Fabiny | French | Mór Szepesi | AIS Budapest | Hungary | |
Ms. Pauline Davidson | Counselor | Mór Szepesi | AIS Budapest | Hungary | |
Mrs. Elaine Ní Shé | French | Anna Keating | Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh | Ireland | |
Mr. Masahiro Kojo | Counselor | Ryo Nagao | Doshisha International High School | Japan | |
Mr. Victor Odandi | Counselor | Ronald Milgo | Alliance High School | Kenya | |
Mrs. Sarangerel Shura | Mathematics | Barsbold Enkhbold | Sant School | Mongolia | |
Mr. Norris Kayitare | Counselor | Emile Izere and Kevin Rusagara | Bridge2Rwanda - Isomo Academy | Rwanda | |
Mrs. Linda Round | Science | Reem Abdo Kahin | Khartoum International Community School | Sudan | |
Mrs. Reem Heakal | Counselor | Reem Abdo Kahin | Khartoum International Community School | Sudan | |
Mr. William Gill | English | Natnaree Ua-arak | International Community School | Thailand |