Celebration of Future Educators
Since 2018, the Lurie College of Education has hosted the Celebration of Future Educators, where we partner with local middle school teachers, high school teachers, community college faculty, and 91猎奇 faculty to nominate students that possess the qualities to become transformative educators. To date, we have celebrated over 250 nominees who have been recognized and awarded with a $1000 scholarship towards any Lurie College credential program!
The nomination period for our 9th Annual Celebration of Teaching will open January 2026 - stay tuned for details!
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2024 Celebration of Future Educator Awardees
Yesenia Acevado
Hailey Adams
Nathaniel Adriano
Joshua Aguilar
Angelie Amigable
Jeferson Aparicio Bonilla
Taliyah Avery
Tayler Baker
Nathan Barbara
Sarah Barron
Kaitlyn Barry
Sandra Bazan
Tanvi Bellamkonda
Avery Birchett
Yezzery Brown
Claire Capurro
Edgar Cardenas
Kassandra Casta帽eda
Valeria Contreras
Zuleica Coronel
Alexa Cruz
Teresa Minh Uyen Dang
Marlen De La Cruz Diaz
Mario Diaz
Jeremiah Espinoza
Brooklyn Flores
Nikki Flowers
Kayla Fonacier
Jessica Franco Lopez
Ivan Garcia
Morelia Gonzalez
Samantha Greene
Kiley Hall
Hailey Hayes
Joanna Hernandez
Sonia Hernandez Lopez
Michael Herrera
Jordan Hong
Jazmin Jimenez Barragan
Ariella Jones
Eros Karadzhov
Taylor Kindel
Emma Labrador
Isaac Lara-Rodriguez
Morryson Latu
Caroline Lee
Celia Leyva
Karen Lezama
Mayra Lopez
Karina Lopez Franco
Kim Lu
Veronica Manso
Angela Martin
Kimberly Martinez
Marlon Mejia Ramos
Cassandra Montes
Maite Morelos Sanchez
Alexa Moreno
Ebony Morris
Caroline Nguyen
Cassie Nguyen
Emma Ocegueda
Shirley Orozco
Daniel Palos
Veronica Pangelinan
Stephany Parada
Robert Pasillas
Jewinso G. Pineyro
Brittany Rayas Rebollar
Ian Richmond
Eric Roberts Jr
Leylah Roberts
Nathaly Robles
Benjamin Rosa
Emily Salas
Yalda Samardar
Elizabeth Sanchez
Manpreet Sandhu
Isabel Santay Vasquez
Justin Schwoerer
Erika Sharp
Aubrey Sherry
Daniela Solorio
Melissa Sorto
Gabrielle Spencer
Alex Spielmann
Jacob Stock
Maria Tellez Ramirez
Wonnie Ton
Alina Torres
Chelsea Tran
Brenda Trejo Solano
Franklin Trinh
Kayla Truong
Flor Urbina Martinez
Jacquline Valdez
Zoey Vera Lopez
Julian Vigil Guerreo
Carla Villa Plancarte
Audrielle Walter
Natalia Zendejas
2023 Celebration of Teaching Awardees
Abril Lopez Gutierrez
Aileen Jimenez Sotelo
Alexis Cook
Alicia Rix
Alima Afzali
Alma Hernandez
Anahi Vazquez
Angelica Mora
Annie Abundiz
Anthony Gooch
Barbara Boone
Brenda Velasco Rios
Brian Ma
Carla Munoz
Carmen Ochoa
Christian Marquez
Cris Eastman
Derien Pena
Doris Alejos
Elvia Silva
Eme Espinoza
Eric Luong
Esmeralda Briseno
Estefania Montiel
Evelyn Soriano
Fatima Bello
Gonzalo Aguirre
Gunjan Gupta
Isabel Perez
Itzel Camacho
Jace Duncan
Jessica Gonzalez
Jessica Harrell
Jillian Ernest Smith
Jose Manuel Frias
Josh Linares
Juan Pedro Tamayo
Juan Angel Lopez
Juan Flores Ortiz
Julia Aquino Hernandez
Kathryn Scheib
Kayla Davis
Kaylee Mitchell
Lily Jurasek
Luz Elena Regla
Makiel Gebremariam
Mariah Scott
Marlene Lopez Martinez
Noemi Guzman
Ovyanah Sample
Sage Galluzzo-Hurt
Sandra Montejo Zunun
Sandra Ukili
Sara Navarro
Stacy Mintey
Toan Nguyen
Vanessa Becerra
Vanessa Wright
Violeta Bjorngjeld
Yasmeen Valenzuela
2022 Celebration of Teaching Awardees
Adriana Malave
Alphonse Manalo
Alyssa Arroyo
Andrew Heimer
Anori Grimes
Armando Sandoval
Athena Ponce
Aya Prow
Berenise Mejia-Munoz
Brigitte Vargas-Hernandez
Caitlyn Gardner
Caryn Iwakiri
Cassandra Tong-Woo
Celeste Perez
Cineta Rodriguez
Citlali Mendoza
Citlali Martinez
Crystal Cifuentes
Daneila Rosales Perez
Ellie Delgado-Gonzalez
Erick Sandino
Erik Munoz
Fernanda Pineda
Gloria Martinez
Gregorio Castorena
Guadalupe Rodriguez
Iain Weigl
Jane Rodriguez
Jared Monje
Jennifer Rodriguez
Jorge Castillo
Juan James
Kalista Boundy
Kendall Ralph
Kiara Johnson
Laura Hawkins
Lauren Nguyen
Loya Marley Arzate
Lucia Sanchez
Maya Broadnax
Mia Rojas
Molly Sheridan
Monique Perez-Durand
Natalia Casillas
Roberto Nol Bernardino
Romina Mangalindan
Seather Ross
Stephanie Hernandez Mendoza
Zahid Ochoa
2021 Celebration of Teaching Awardees
Haruwa Abdul-Rahman
Liliana Adler
Jaclyn Aguilar
Lance Anderson
Selena Arzate
Anthony Balinton
Francesca Banks
Britanny Barnes
Elizabeth Butler
Gisselle Calderon-Fernandez
Danielle Castillo
Jennifer Chavez
Kari Chiu
Yesenia Cuevas
Tara Duffy
Lauren Ellner
Nicole Ellner
Nancy Gonzalez
Alejandra Gonzalez Soto
Robert Heim
Jacob Lapinsky
Fiona Lindsay
Fernanda Lopez
Christian Lourenco
Monique Magallanes
Diana Melendez
Amy Morfin
Dominique Ortiz-Abrate
Maria Elena Palominos Valdez
Romana Paz
Karsyn Penning
Vanessa Poutoa
Sylvia Reapor
Victor Ruiz
Melissa Shiell
Katrena Thompson
Brenda Vargas Tapia
Lorral Whaley
Peng Xu
Matthew Zung
Dulce Zuno
2020 Celebration of Teaching Awardees
Jamie Algea
Casandra Alvarado
Monika Angeles
Berenice Aragon Salazar
Karen Arias
Madeline Armacost
Siya Bedi
Joshua Bourekas
Marnelli Canosa
Aira Carpio
Danitza Cheline
Richard Covey
Katelyn Culwell
Aleena Duarte-Contreras
Kaitlyn Ellis
Lauren Ellner
Nicole Ellner
Zaniya Enright
Billie Fernengel
Ervine Flores
Camille Fuqua
Adriana Garcia
Kimberly Garcia
Jacob Garner
Makayla Gause
Kara Gonzales
Mikaela Gutierrez
Alaa Hasan
Shemar Ivey
Alexis Jurado
Morgan Kam
Allyson Landreth
Roselin (Juliana) Lemus-Marin
Cheryl Lin
Priscilla Luna Medina
Elaine Luong
Micheline Ma
Kalani Madruga
Emely Martinez Ramirez
Tierra Mendez
Malaya Mosqueda
Javier Navarro
Hector Nevarez
Laura Pacheco
Pooja Patel
Connor Petri
Abner Ramirez
Julissa Rivero
Stephanie Rodriguez
Daisy May Saephan
Ariana Sandoval
Julia Sari帽ana
Olivia Som
Gregory Stefani
Albin Thapa
Hope Thiesse
Grace Thomas
Emily Tran
Hy Tran
Mila Villareal
Harrison Wang
Madison Willis
Angela Wu
Ariattne Zarate Leon
2019 Celebration of Teaching Awardees
Julian Alcala
Emiliano Ardanuy Diaz
Nicholas Asprer
Laila Azhar
Jackie Baiza
Andres Benavides
Deyonnah Bigham
Ilseh Busarelo
Alberto Camacho
Rosmery Camargo
Andy Carranza
Korinna Castaneda
Madison Cecilio
Yoselin Chamorro Benitez
Lesly Chavez Diaz
Ana Chevez
Grace Cho
Deisy Donato
Henry Fan
Sebrianne Ferguson
Crystal Galvan
Zinnia Garcia
Ezequiel Gaxiola Sierra
Aviana Gonzalez
Alejandra Gutierrez
Zarita Hamlin
Vivan Han
Kenzie Hanneman
Sally Ha
William Hong
Johnson Huynh
Mia Janosik
Sarah Jensen
Parnit Jhutty
Crimsun Kessler
Apollo Kudsi
Trish Le
Juliana Lopez
Galilea Lorenzana Sanchez
Marjorie Mae Semsem
Nam Mai
Samara Martinez
Marcos Martinez-Esquivel
Byaney Mauleon-Gutierrez
Maxim Menchaca
Lauren Mendoza
Karen Montes
Kaitlyn Nguyen
Minh Nguyen
William Nguyen
Marleo Orpia
Robert Oritz
Carmen Padilla Moran
Thomas Peters
Jennifer Phan
Samantha Phee
Guadalupe Plancarte
Ericka Ramirez
Margarita Ramirez
Santiago Ramirez Moreno
Ryan Reyes
Laura Robles
Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Serena Rodriguez
Sophia Roque
Zane Samarasinghe
Jordan Santagata
Alexis Sarellano Tellez
Noe Tapia
Duc Tran
Khanh Tran
Nhu-Y (Gracie) Tran
Phuoc Tran
Trang Tran
Ysabel Tran
Scott Tucker
Helen Vasquez Velasquez
Arturo Velazquez
Kevin Vieyra
Denise Villorente
Sylvia Vo
Viv Vu
Philip Wallace
Lauren Xie
Magali Yanez
Amanda Zamora
Saihra Zamudio
Meet an Awardee: Alberto Camacho
Alberto Camacho, 鈥�20 English, 鈥�21 Teaching Credential, can remember the names of all of the influential teachers in his life 鈥� from his preschool teacher, 鈥淢r. E,鈥� to his Chicana and Chicano Studies professor Marcos Pizzaro, associate dean of the Connie L. Lurie College of Education.
He recalls Mr. E teaching him 鈥渆 for effort鈥� almost as clearly as he remembers Pizarro honoring him at the spring 2019 Celebration of Teaching event, where Camacho was recognized for his teaching potential and awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
鈥淢y teachers had an impact; they genuinely wanted the best for their kids, and that鈥檚 what I want to do in the classroom,鈥� said Camacho, who is completing his student teaching at Silver Creek High School in San Jos茅 this spring.
鈥淚 want the best for my kids, their families and their communities. It is thanks to my teachers that I feel this way 鈥� they planted the seed.鈥�
Read the full story by Julia Halprin Jackson on the .
Meet an Awardee: Henry Fan
Henry Fan was a student at Foothill College and transferred to 91猎奇, where he now studies computer science and plans to become an educator. Henry recently received a grant from the Lurie College of Education to attend the annual CA STEAM Symposium - listen about his experiences below!
Meet an Awardee: Vinson V农
Vinson V农 was a student at Evergreen Valley High School and enrolled at 91猎奇, where they now study business administration and plan to become an educator. Vinson was recently selected as a speaker at the Lurie College of Education's Future of Learning Summit - listen to Vinson's talk below!
