Articles
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Spotlight: Leigh Beson (MA '22)
April 13, 2023Leigh Beson worked in finance before following her heart into the classroom. She believes she’s a better teacher for the experience: “I am certain this is where I am meant to be.”
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Spotlight: Emily Howard (AR '22)
April 12, 2023Emily Howard loves watching independence and collaboration blossom in her third graders: “There’s nothing like hearing students chattering with encouragement and questions as they work together.”
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Spotlight: Diana Lopez (TX '22)
April 11, 2023For Diana Lopez, the most meaningful part of her Milken Award notification was knowing her son Victor was watching: “There is something very special about looking at your child as they look back at you with pride in their eyes.”
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Spotlight: Anna Norviel Attebury (ID '22)
April 10, 2023Anna Norviel Attebury uses her after-school STEM club to introduce students to the concept of teamwork: “It can be challenging to share ideas rather than just getting to do things their own way.”
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Spotlight: Dereka Duncan (LA '22)
April 6, 2023Dereka Duncan chartered her district’s first elementary Beta Club to build empathy and pride through community service: “My Beta members understand that they are able to impact others and make a difference even at a young age.”
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Spotlight: Megan Brown (AZ '22)
April 4, 2023Principal Megan Brown has led her school to new heights by focusing on targeted interventions, literacy skills, and collaboration: “We have leaned into one another, knowing that together we could accomplish anything.”
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Spotlight: Dion T. Jones (MD '22)
March 30, 2023Dion T. Jones thinks about success as a long-term project: “It’s not an overnight process. It takes compassionate commitment.”
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Spotlight: Charlotte Buskill (KY '22)
March 29, 2023The teachers who helped Charlotte Buskill through her early struggles with dyslexia inspired her to pursue a career in the classroom: “Their insurmountable dedication to my success showed me early on the compassion, love and determination that educators possess.”
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Spotlight: Rejily Soriano (NV '22)
March 28, 2023Rejily Soriano wants her students to remember the milestones they tackled in kindergarten, and the hard work behind their success: “If they apply that lesson throughout their life, they can achieve anything.”
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Spotlight: Jenna Dean (TX '22)
March 24, 2023Fourth grade teacher Jenna Dean mentors pre-service teachers to prepare them for job interviews and their first classrooms. To her delight, her district has hired several: “There is such a sense of pride getting to work with the students you mentored and seeing their success each and every day.”