The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2021 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 305 nominees, who represent 38 states and 17 countries, 50 teachers and 21 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs. Jackie Hendrickson | English | Christian Bailey | Decatur High School | AL | |
Mr. Davis Thompson | English | Soojin Park | Auburn High School | AL | |
Mr. Cristobal Santa Cruz | Social Studies | Yakeleen Almazan | Pueblo Magnet High School | AZ | |
Mrs. Leslie Rold | Counselor | Gabrielle Roman | Chaparral High School | AZ | |
Mrs. Viviana Zamora | Counselor | Carlos Bahena | The Preuss School UC San Diego | CA | |
Mrs. Jill Ogden | Social Studies | Snaefridur Bjargardottir | Turlock High School | CA | |
Mr. Anthony Porchia | Science | Taylor McClure | Tulare Western High School | CA | |
Mr. Joshua Marcus | English | Mia Osuna | Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School | CA | |
Mrs. Abbey Calleros | Counselor | Mia Osuna | Chula Vista Learning Community Charter High School | CA | |
Ms. Stephanie Hose | History | Walker Bargmann | Eagle Ridge Academy | CO | |
Ms. Debra Avery | Social Studies | Afrin Tarafder | Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy | CT | |
Mr. Shane Donovan | Mathematics | Cecilia Russell | District of Columbia International School | DC | |
Ms. Valecia Wells | English | Thomas Orozco | Jones High School | FL | |
Ms. Marnie Cadette | Counselor | Thomas Orozco | Jones High School | FL | |
Mr. Lance Bergman | Counselor | Nicholas Paredes | Pine View School | FL | |
Mr. Robert Lynch | Mathematics | Emma Polinsky | Boca Ciega Senior High School | FL | |
Ms. Martha Cabrera | English | Elyse Thomas | School for Advanced Studies | FL | |
Ms. Alison Beecher | English | Ilham Abdelkadir | McDonough High School | GA | |
Mr. Johnathan Mullins | Mathematics | Brianne Anderson | Lumpkin County High School | GA | |
Mr. Alan Hogan | Counselor | Brianne Anderson | Lumpkin County High School | GA | |
Ms. Marianne Campbell | Science | Nicole Campbell | Milton High School | GA | |
Mrs. Julie Tull | English | Philomena Wu | Duluth High School | GA | |
Mrs. Carli Doi | History | Harvey Lloyd Picar | Waipahu High School | HI | |
Mr. Jason Nell | Science | Nicolas Ryan | George Washington High School | IA | |
Mr. Gerardo Gonzalez | AP Capstone | Stevan Kamatovic | Lane Technical High School | IL | |
Ms. Eloise Lynch | English | Chandler Rosas | George Rogers Clark High School | KY | |
Mrs. Christine McCrory | Social Studies | Patrick Chu | Lafayette High School | LA | |
Mr. Nicholas Ely | Counselor | Justin Crosby | Masconomet Regional High School | MA | |
Ms. Colleen Goodhue | Counselor | Phuc Duong | South High Community School | MA | |
Mr. Patrick Garland | English | Alara O’Bryan | Greenfield High School | MA | |
Mr. Peter Gillen | Social Studies | Ana Rodrigues | Taunton High School | MA | |
Mrs. Nour Asbahi | Counselor | Zaharaa Altwaij | Crestwood High School | MI | |
Ms. Alexandria Phelps | Counselor | Julia Levy | International Academy | MI | |
Mrs. Jackie Cheyne | Counselor | Nathania Nartey | Athens High School | MI | |
Mrs. Linda Ereg | Counselor | Trucy Truong-Phan | Williamston High School | MI | |
Mr. Jeff Swegarden | English | Adam McPhail | Mayo High School | MN | |
Mr. Nathan Peck | Science | Koray Akduman | Clayton High School | MO | |
Mrs. Jill Necaise | Spanish | Zoe Groh | Biloxi High School | MS | |
Mr. Adam Thane | English | Esmirelda Hurd | Bozeman High School | MT | |
Mr. Matthew Scialdone | English | Katherine Keaton | Middle Creek High School | NC | |
Ms. Kelsey Wilson | Counselor | Avery DiMaria | Leonia High School | NJ | |
Dr. Erik Jacobsen | Mathematics | Ruthie Gu | Newark Academy | NJ | |
Mrs. Nagla Bedir | History | Alanna Rivera | Perth Amboy High School | NJ | |
Mr. Nicholas Cano | Counselor | Alanna Rivera | Perth Amboy High School | NJ | |
Ms. Marie Assir | Counselor | Alexander Bavalsky | UWC USA | NM | |
Ms. Christine Engelbrecht | English | Andrew West | Los Alamos High School | NM | |
Dr. Tracy LaGrassa | Science | Alexander Chasteen | Bronx High School of Science | NY | |
Mr. Alan Schorn | Science | Danielle Gruber | John Miller Great Neck North High School | NY | |
Mr. Terry Freeman | Counselor | Tuyen Huynh | Watertown High School | NY | |
Mr. Brian Sterr | Mathematics | Madelyn Mao | Stuyvesant High School | NY | |
Mrs. Jessica Castine | English | Ryan O’Donnell | Northeastern Clinton Central High School | NY | |
Mrs. Maria Clark | Science | David Zhang | Herricks Senior High School | NY | |
Ms. Shannon Coffee | English | Allison Drew | Edison Preparatory High School | OK | |
Dr. Janet Waldeck | Science | Hannah Barsouk | Taylor Allderdice High School | PA | |
Coach Lance Lyles | Science | Gary Colley | Petrolia High School | TX | |
Mrs. Renee Blackwell | Counselor | Gary Colley | Petrolia High School | TX | |
Ms. Jamie Kocian | Counselor | Ethan Estrada-Stroud | Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School | TX | |
Ms. Susan Devaney | Counselor | Ketty Nguyen | L C Anderson High School | TX | |
Ms. Shawn Mena | Professional Communications | Eleanor Schoenbrun | Franklin High School | TX | |
Mr. John Pierce | English | Elizabeth White | Mason High School | TX | |
Dr. Jennifer James | Science | Shan Lateef | Thomas Jefferson High School | VA | |
Mrs. Nancy Schneider | Counselor | Robert Schroder | Centreville High School | VA | |
Ms. Christine Traxler | English | Anabel Moore | Woodinville High School | WA | |
Mr. Chad Hodgson | Social Studies | Roxana Grunenwald | Belleville High School | WI | |
Mr. Michael Roh | Mathematics | Aidan Palmer | University High School | WV | |
Mrs. Danielle Halsey | English | Grace Abawe | Laramie High School | WY | |
Ms. Isabela Green | English | Matias Guevara Ruales | Colegio Menor San Francisco De Quito | Ecuador | |
Mr. Nader Eskander | English | Youssef Ibrahim | El Nasr Boys School | Egypt | |
Mr. Stephen Tarus | Science | Tony Kinyua | Kapsabet Boys High School | Kenya | |
Mr. Peter Hutchin | Social Studies | Lynn Lee | Seoul Foreign School | South Korea | |
Mr. Jonathan Barfield-Moore | Counselor | Din-Ammar Tolj | Brentwood School | United Kingdom |