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2022 – 2023

Academic Enrichment Recipients

• Kylie Conover, The Rural Library Traveling Exhibit Project – Saint Cloud, MN
• Daniel Nesbitt, Putting the E in STEM: Underwater Robotics – Lomita, CA
• Karyn Lawrence, African Music for a Culturally Responsive Classroom – Omaha, NE
• ELainia Ross-Jones, The Freedom Project – Baltimore, MD
• Sabra Lawson, The Polar Bear Press Broadcast Journalism Program – Austin, TX

Teacher Development Recipients

• Jacie Jeffers, Supporting Culturally Responsive Practices through Indian Education for All, Multilingual Learner Instruction, and Technology Integration – Billings, MT
• Amanda Triplett, Speak Up Whitfield: Building A Podcasting Community – Dalton, GA
• Salome Lally, From Paper to Practice: Creating Safe Spaces in Tanzania’s Classrooms – Ilboru, Arusha
• Jessica Hendrix-Sandoval, Native American Education – Moorpark, CA
• Shel Hyatt, NOW and Always the Environment – Ontario, WI

Scholarship Recipients

• Edith Avalos-Rodriguez, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Anthony Perez, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Meghan Ueland, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Faith Wheeler, Stephen F. Austin State University

2021 – 2022

Academic Enrichment Recipients

• Nicole Zimmerman, STEAM Camp, Book Clubs and Families at HeART – Oxford , MS
• Karen Lo, Aire Libre at the TERRA Garden – San Jose, CA

Teacher Development Recipients

• Olga Carcamo-Haney, Curriculum Development for Culturally Responsive STEM Teachers – Danbury, CT
• Kim Neal Nofsinger, Opening Doors: Arts Integration at Hamilton Elementary – LaCrosse, WI
• Rashawna Sydnor, The Baltimore Story: Teaching Racial Justice – Gwynn Oak, MD

Scholarship Recipients

• Zoulfa Obaid, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Sam Bleisch, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Katharine Curtis, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Jessica Uriegas, Stephen F. Austin State University

2020 – 2021

Academic Enrichment Recipients

• Dr. Louis Bourgeois, Children With Incarcerated Parents Wellness Program – Oxford , MS
• Jana Mcbeath, Where The Light Travels –  San Diego, CA
• Leon Tynes, AMS Campus Sustainability Project – Glendale, AZ
• Gina Baragone, STEAM Powered Community – San Bernardino, CA

Teacher Development Recipients

• Dr. Cassandra St. Vil, The Black Excellence Project – Publishing Program For Young Authors – Baltimore, MD
• Jon Jagemann, Brave Space To Talk About Race – Milwaukee, WI
• Joshua Sciara, Inside Out: Linking Experiential Learning Within Classroom Science To The Real World – DeKalb, TX

Scholarship Recipients

• Elizabet Montoya, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Austin De Rubira, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Payam Gregory Etemadzadeh, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Lani Alameda Almand, University of California, Santa Cruz

2019 – 2020

Academic Enrichment Recipients

• Lori Sindel-Wawro, Sierra Nevada Sub-Alpine Wetland Student Designed Research Project – Fair Oaks, CA
• George Donaldson, Martin Luther King Towers Chess Club –  Bronx, NY
• Carrie Fox, Education Trunks – Oklahoma City, OK
• Rishi Richardson, The Best of Buena Vista – Buena Vista, VA
• Melinda Kernc, ASO Sympatico – Alexandria, VA

Teacher Development Recipients

• Emily Portle, Racial Justice Summit – Madison, WI
• Joann Cantlupe, Environmental Science Pathway – Plantation, FL
• Benjamin Brown, Flex Program Teacher Development – Bethel School District – Tacoma, WA
• Casey Andrews, Creating a Critical Professional Development Space at TechBoston Academy for Anti-Racist Transformation – Boston, MA

Scholarship Recipients

• Stephanie Plagens, Stephen F. Austin State University
• Daniel Lopez-Adame, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Brenda De Jesus Acosta, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Beatriz Valdez, University of Texas, Austin

2018 – 2019

Academic Enrichment Recipients

• Kathryn Craven, Global Learning Experiences Take Students to New Heights – Vernon, CT
• David Butler, Inaadiziwin – Minneapolis, MN
• Lea Greene, Sensory Friendly Classroom – Fabius, NY
• Gregg Deatley, Gecko Newcast – Austin, TX
• Nikki Wayment, Cavity Nester Citizen Science Study – Salt Lake City, UT

Teacher Development Recipients

• Lynn Makrin, Pleasant Avenue Critical Friends Group – Niskayuna, NY
• Caroline Sweet, Developing a Bilingual, Culturally-Relevant Writers’ Workshop in the Elementary Grades – Austin, TX
• Adam Kinory, Joining in the Present to Build an Equitable Shared Future – New York, NY

Scholarship Recipients

• Maria Garcia, Stephen F. Austin University
• Alicia Romero, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Molly Quijano, Stephen F. Austin University
• Mari Evelin Moreno Velasco, University of California, Santa Cruz