The Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions has the distinct pleasure of recognizing the following educators as recipients of the 2020 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 317 nominees, who represent 41 states and 19 countries, 57 teachers and 24 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. Leah Faris | History | Nayeli Gonzalez-Vazquez | Bob Jones High School | AL | |
Dr. Stephanie Bostick | Counselor | Nayeli Gonzalez-Vazquez | Bob Jones High School | AL | |
Mrs. Rebecca Barron | English | Jason Shi | Chilton County High School | AL | |
Mr. Carlton Efurd | Counselor | Miguel Garcia | Rogers High School | AR | |
Ms. Melissa Sackett | Counselor | Simarpreet Kaur | Alhambra High School | CA | |
Ms. Andrea Salas | Computer Science | Simarpreet Kaur | Alhambra High School | CA | |
Mr. David An | Counselor | Gabriel Fantacone | Berkeley High School | CA | |
Mr. Andrew Ramroth | Mathematics | Jenny Mao | Carlmont High School | CA | |
Ms. Julia Smith | Counselor | Christina Young | Carlmont High School | CA | |
Mrs. Linda Saeta | Mathematics | Jose Abarca | Claremont High School | CA | |
Mrs. Sunshine Cavalluzzi | Social Studies | Colby Bladow | El Dorado High School | CA | |
Ms. Lily Min | Science | Jerry Feng | Etiwanda High School | CA | |
Ms. Stephanie Harkey | Counselor | Jerry Feng | Etiwanda High School | CA | |
Mr. Steven Eitelgeorge | English | Jack Litke | Fred C Beyer High School | CA | |
Mrs. Marti McGuirk | Counselor | Sarah Teng | Mountain View High School | CA | |
Mrs. Araceli Ramirez | Mathematics | Nimran Shergill | Ronald E McNair High School | CA | |
Ms. Sheena Iwamoto | History | Han Dinh | Summit Public School-Tahoma | CA | |
Mr. Brian Wall | Counselor | Cecilia Lee | Sunny Hills High School | CA | |
Mrs. Shoshana Adams | Social Studies | Randy Munoz | Valhalla High School | CA | |
Ms. Angelica Echauregui | Counselor | Ava Saylor | Yucaipa High School | CA | |
Mr. Jonathan Cohen | History | Quinn Evans & Kai Padilla-Smith | Denver School of the Arts | CO | |
Mr. Cory Monroe | Counselor | Kyle Lewis | Douglas County High School | CO | |
Mr. Josh Thrall | Social Studies | Kyle Lewis | Douglas County High School | CO | |
Mr. Jeremy White | Social Studies | Aron Ravin | Stamford High School | CT | |
Mr. John O’Toole | Social Studies | JianHui Chen | Waterbury Career Academy High School | CT | |
Ms. Margaret Birch | Business | Evan Cheng | Caesar Rodney High School | DE | |
Ms. Kristina Hall | Counselor | Evan Cheng | Caesar Rodney High School | DE | |
Mrs. Kelly Ann D’Arcy | English | William An | F W Springstead High School | FL | |
Ms. Cyd Sterling | Mathematics | Jennifer Richburg | Fort Lauderdale High School | FL | |
Mrs. Samantha Rimes | Science | Kenan Collignon | Tavares High School | FL | |
Mr. Todd Carstenn | English | Jordan Davidsen | Vanguard High School | FL | |
Mr. Richard Bracknell | Speech and Debate | Edward Bohannon | Carrollton High School | GA | |
Dr. David Owen | English | Kyler Worthington | Lakeside High School | GA | |
Mr. Don Stinson | Performing Arts | Noah Riley | Joliet Central High School | IL | |
Ms. Natalie O’Connell | Counselor | Noah Riley | Joliet Central High School | IL | |
Mrs. Jamie Smith | English | Julia Dvorak | Homestead High School | IN | |
Mr. John Karanja | English | Fatemeh Yarali | Murray High School | KY | |
Mrs. Jennifer McNely | French | Ashley Su | Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | KY | |
Mr. Michael Bottoms | Counselor | Sharon Li | Caddo Parish Magnet Hs | LA | |
Ms. Paula McGeady | Counselor | José Betancourt | Quincy High School | MA | |
Ms. Mary Ellen McMillen | Social Studies | José Betancourt | Quincy High School | MA | |
Mr. Aaron Mize | Social Studies | Hyerim Nam | Stoney Creek High School | MI | |
Ms. Shannon Pettipiece | Mathematics | John Nguyen | Harding High School | MN | |
Mrs. Robin Stover | Journalism | Anna Xu | Columbia-Rock Bridge Senior High School | MO | |
Mrs. Victoria Johnson | Counselor | Norma Berlin | Northeast Jones High School | MS | |
Mr. Jose Acevedo | Counselor | Luna Aguilar | Morristown High School | NJ | |
Ms. Elizabeth Sheridan | English | Bryan Ventura | New Brunswick High School | NJ | |
Mrs. Mary McDowell-Campo | Counselor | Maura Siciensky | Ocean City High School | NJ | |
Mr. Jeff Lucker | History | Nicholas Trenholm | Princeton High School | NJ | |
Mr. Sean Turkington | Mathematics | Vanessa Cheng | Ridgewood High School | NJ | |
Ms. Stephanie Gluck | Counselor | Jennifer Yakubov | Midwood High School at Brooklyn College | NY | |
Ms. Shaniece Mosley | Science | Jennifer Yakubov | Midwood High School at Brooklyn College | NY | |
Ms. Amanda Levy | History | Kadidia Sylla | Success Academy High School of the Liberal Arts | NY | |
Mr. Matthew Steele | Counselor | Ryan Smith | Glencoe High School | OR | |
Mr. Jonathan Williams | Science | Marcus Ramirez | West Salem High School | OR | |
Mrs. Amber Heil | Science | Lianna Byler | Conneaut Area Senior High School | PA | |
Dr. Thomas Goebeler | Mathematics | Neera Raychaudhuri | Episcopal Academy | PA | |
Mr. John Carlisle | History | Sofiya Bidochko | Penn-Trafford High School | PA | |
Ms. Erin Provance | History | Daniela Naumov | Taylor Allderdice High School | PA | |
Ms. Celeste Suris | Counselor | Angela Perez | Baldwin School of Puerto Rico | PR | |
Mr. Jeff Penn | Social Studies | Ana Soto | Baldwin School of Puerto Rico | PR | |
Mr. Nicholas Geary | English | Madeline Flynn | Goose Creek High School | SC | |
Mrs. Tamaran Hightower | Counselor | Dean Centa | Mauldin High School | SC | |
Mr. Richard Ganci | English | Cynthia Campbell & Donovan Kreul | Brookings High School | SD | |
Ms. Heather Blythe | Science | Shandra Ahsan | Amarillo High School | TX | |
Mrs. Valerie Johnson | English | Isaac Yu | Garland High School | TX | |
Mr. Anibal Jimenez | History | Israel Demandel | Harmony School of Excellence-Laredo | TX | |
Mr. Rene Molina | English | Alexa Pulido Rodriguez | IDEA College Preparatory McAllen | TX | |
Mrs. Charlotte Burrell | Science | Daisy Sanchez | Robert L Paschal High School | TX | |
Mrs. Amy Maddie | History | Tramy Nguyen | Ross S Sterling High School | TX | |
Mrs. Amanda Ashmead | English | Valentina Pham | School of Science and Engineering at Townview Center | TX | |
Mr. Andrew Masley | Science | Sonny Nguyen | Justice High School | VA | |
Ms. Deb Kalina | Key Club Adviser | Chanwook Park | Henry M Jackson High School | WA | |
Mrs. Heather Babb | English | Ryan Brinda | Lander Valley High School | WY | |
Mrs. Sandrine Berezowski | French | Alex Dong | West Island College | Canada | |
Mr. Malcolm Rennie | Counselor | Alex Dong | West Island College | Canada | |
Mrs. Linda Orlowsky | Social Studies | Tim Lingk | Gymnasium Überlingen | Germany | |
Mr. Stanislav Sousek | Counselor | Vijjasena Sugiono | Sinarmas World Academy | Indonesia | |
Mr. Nemuun Gal | Counselor | Tselmeg Ulammandakh | Hobby School of Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | |
Mr. Nicholas Perry | English | Xinning Shao | Hwa Chong Institution | Singapore | |
Mrs. Michelle Kalify | History | Sarah Nzau | St Stithians Girls’ College | South Africa |