The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2024 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 320 nominees, who represent 39 states and 24 countries, 75 teachers and 20 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Natalie Ortell | Science | Wyatt Aiken | Alabama School of Math and Science | AL | |
Mrs. Amber Lott | English | Jacob Knowles | McAdory High School | AL | |
Mr. Don Goss | Mathematics | Cutter Renowden | Higley High School | AZ | |
Ms. Marcia Mendoza | Business Management | Edmundo Chavez Ramirez | Nogales High School | AZ | |
Ms. Guadalupe Meza | Spanish | David Ortiz Ramirez | Trevor G Browne High School | AZ | |
Mr. Marc Rodriguez | English | Hector Hernandez Hernandez | Azusa High School | CA | |
Mr. Sebastian Nava | Social Studies | Natalia Armas Perez | Central Valley High School | CA | |
Ms. Angela Jones | Science | Nicole Nguyen | El Capitan High School | CA | |
Ms. Kris McNeela | English | Julian Raymond | El Segundo High School | CA | |
Mr. Jungsoo Han | Science | Emily Chang | Glen A Wilson High School | CA | |
Ms. Olivia Martinez | Counselor | Nana Bhambi | John Burroughs High School | CA | |
Ms. Maribel Dominguez | Counselor | Bryant Pranboonpluk | John Marshall Fundamental School | CA | |
Mrs. Heather Tynan | Mathematics | Kane Trundle | North Monterey County High School | CA | |
Dr. Sara Young | Science | Calvin Junsay | Riverside STEM Academy | CA | |
Mrs. Erin Ritchie | English | Joshua Gabrielson | San Lorenzo Valley High School | CA | |
Ms. Allison Ross | Science | Anya Gurudatt | San Mateo High School | CA | |
Mrs. Shannon Appenrodt | History | Maria Lozano | Sonora High School | CA | |
Mr. Sean Costello | History | Kylie Berg | Fairview High School | CO | |
Ms. Alison Root | English | Teresa Lau | Horizon High School | CO | |
Mrs. Ana Schultz | Mathematics | Muhammad Nuliadi | Lakewood High School | CO | |
Mrs. Suzanne Miranda | History | Allan An | F W Springstead High School | FL | |
Ms. Dana Spencer | Counselor | Esperance Han | North Marion High School | FL | |
Ms. Jamie Cicchella | English | Esperance Han | North Marion High School | FL | |
Mrs. Hannah Levitt | History | Patrick Fung | William T McFatter Technical High School | FL | |
Mr. Daniel Gribble | Social Studies | Grace Malko | Riverwood International Charter School | GA | |
Mrs. Deborah Scaletta | English | Deven West | Thornwood High School | IL | |
Mrs. Barbara McGuire | English | Ruby Knoebel | Caddo Parish Magnet High School | LA | |
Mr. Bill Roberts | Visual Arts | Sofiia Tiapkina | Northfield Mount Hermon School | MA | |
Mrs. Jessica Graham | Social Studies | Beatrice Beale Tate | Waterville Senior High School | ME | |
Ms. Rebecca Chinn | Counselor | Shua Hahm | Novi High School | MI | |
Ms. Emily Byrne | History | Joaquin Santoscoy-MacPhee | Cristo Rey Jesuit High School - Twin Cities | MN | |
Mrs. Melissa Wessel | Science | Paris Fang | Rock Bridge High School | MO | |
Mrs. Lauren Zarandona | Mathematics | Noah Lee | Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science | MS | |
Mrs. Sherri Andrews | Mathematics | Nathanael Burns | Oak Grove High School | NC | |
Mr. Eric Nash | Science | Luke Parish | Winnacunnet High School | NH | |
Ms. Esther Genuth | Counselor | Michael Duell | Frisch School | NJ | |
Ms. Rachel Kesler | History | Virginia Moore | Santa Fe Preparatory School | NM | |
Dr. Soo Park | English | Alexander Slater | Advanced Technologies Academy | NV | |
Mr. Derek Payne | Counselor | April Secore | Beekmantown High School | NY | |
Mr. Taylor Weigand | History | Edward Clarke | Binghamton High School | NY | |
Mr. Larry Vonderchek | History | Greta Garrison | Charles O Dickerson High School | NY | |
Mrs. Nkenge Gilliam | Social Studies | Marah Rigaud | Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School | NY | |
Mr. Michael Childs | Science | Shawn Nordstrom | Hilton High School | NY | |
Mrs. Regina Kilkenny | Counselor | Natalia Sanchez | Holy Trinity Diocesan High School | NY | |
Dr. Mary Hendrickson | Science | Vincent Huang | Syosset High School | NY | |
Ms. Irene Kidd | English | Kai Ellis | Athens High School | OH | |
Mr. Scott Piesen | Mathematics | Amanda Amantea | Berea Midpark High School | OH | |
Mr. Joshua Blankenship | Mathematics | Rohit Basu | Grove City High School | OH | |
Ms. Betty Miller | English | Abigail Plants | Jackson High School | OH | |
Mrs. Candace Haudenschild | Science | William Kohut | Lakewood Senior High School | OH | |
Mr. Scott Rieder | Performing Arts | Alexis Cruz | Marietta High School | OH | |
Mr. Dillon Walker | Counselor | Walker Lape | Bishop McGuinness High School | OK | |
Mrs. Brooke Fonzi | Social Studies | Timothy Bui | Putnam City North High School | OK | |
Ms. Kelly McGrath-Malahy | Counselor | Timothy Bui | Putnam City North High School | OK | |
Ms. Stephanie Parrett | English | Eugene Covington | Chambersburg Area Senior High School | PA | |
Mrs. Brook Rosetti | Counselor | Noah Beckish | North Pocono High School | PA | |
Mrs. Kristen Wilce | Mathematics | Noah Beckish | North Pocono High School | PA | |
Mr. Kyle Smith | Philosophy/History | Harihar Viswanathan | Shady Side Academy | PA | |
Ms. Elisabeth James | Counselor | Prithvi Narayanan | State College Area High School | PA | |
Mrs. Karla Phillips | Science | Colin George | Academic Magnet High School | SC | |
Dr. Roman Lay | English | William McCord | Alcoa High School | TN | |
Mrs. Margie Way-Kiani | Performing Arts | Angel Hu | Central Magnet School | TN | |
Mr. Zack Norwood | Mathematics | Michael Gallup | Gatlinburg Pittman High School | TN | |
Mrs. Jennifer Sychareune | Spanish | Nicholas Ostroski | Hume Fogg Academy High School | TN | |
Mrs. Jeanette Statt | Science | Joshua Omeje | Alief Hastings High School | TX | |
Mrs. Amy Gumpf | Social Studies | Blake Maulsby | Allen High School | TX | |
Mr. Eric Nelson | Mathematics | William Qian | Coronado High School | TX | |
Mr. David Smith | English | Guadalupe Hernandez Zavala | Dr John D Horn High School | TX | |
Ms. Tami Kadlacek | Counselor | Winni Lin | Groesbeck High School | TX | |
Ms. Mercedes Oronoz | Mathematics | Juan Ahumada | J B Alexander High School | TX | |
Mr. Jay Walbran | Mathematics | Teague McCammon | Trinity High School | TX | |
Mrs. Alyssa Boyett | English | Karla Ramirez Gonzalez | West Mesquite High School | TX | |
Mr. Seth Brodrick | Counselor | Danielle Burke | William B Travis High School | TX | |
Mrs. Teresa Chambers | Counselor | Abena Opoku | Colonial Forge High School | VA | |
Mr. Jordan Lee | Science | Henry Sol | Granby High School | VA | |
Mr. Kurt Dillman | Theory of Knowledge | Mairin Smith | Reagan High School | WI | |
Mrs. Jenna McComas | Counselor | Luke Huh | Cabell Midland High School | WV | |
Mrs. Trena Wise | Mathematics | Luke Huh | Cabell Midland High School | WV | |
Ms. Samantha Phipps | Spanish | Olivia Tomblin-Pavlovich | Elkins High School | WV | |
Ms. Armelle Gjoni | Counselor | Andrea Bylykbashi | World Academy of Tirana | Albania | |
Ms. Maria de Lourdes Armando Narciso | Counselor | Liliana Talino | Colégio Pitabel | Angola | |
Mr. Gustavo Aguiar | History | Matheus Mascarenhas | Colegio Notre Dame De Campinas | Brazil | |
Ms. Yueyue Wang | Spanish | Dingzhong Ding | Shanghai Foreign Language School | China | |
Ms. Joan Cho | English | Mark Lee | Diocesan Boys School | Hong Kong S.A.R. | |
Mr. David Cheung | Mathematics | Gavin Wong | Singapore International School of Hong Kong | Hong Kong S.A.R. | |
Mr. Ayush Periwal | Counselor | Parth Jain | Jayshree Periwal International School | India | |
Mr. Skender Balaj | Geography | Orion Shtrezi | Hajdar Dushi Gymnasium | Kosovo | |
Ms. María Ángela Guerra Sánchez | Social Studies | Sophia Calderon Monarrez | American School Foundation of Monterrey | Mexico | |
Mr. Sergiu Corlat | Computer Science | Mihai Esanu | Liceul Teoretic Orizont Durlesti | Moldova | |
Ms. Chelsea Uwase | Counselor | David Nkurunziza | Isomo Academy - Bridge2Rwanda | Rwanda | |
Mr. Eric Spoelstra | Social Studies | Shannon Kanamugire | Kigali International Community School | Rwanda | |
Mr. Benjamín Macía Fernández | Mathematics | Alba Quintas Núñez | IES Eduardo Blanco Amor | Spain | |
Mrs. Julia Low | Social Studies | Nutchayathoch Jeinthanuttkanont | International Community School | Thailand | |
Mrs. Rebecca Mano | Counselor | Hussein Zindonda | USAP Community School | Zimbabwe | |
Mrs. Alista Panashe | Physics | Hussein Zindonda | USAP Community School | Zimbabwe |