Announcing the 2023 Educators of the Year!

After narrowing down nominations from 1.5k to 10 finalists and then receiving over 2.5k votes, we’ve crowned our five award winners!

We are excited to partner with these incredible educators to help tell their stories and celebrate their successes. Stay tuned for more educator spotlights throughout the rest of the school year!

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Meet the winners

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LeNeshia Markey

7th grade ELA teacher,
Louisiana

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Asia Hutchings

Title 1 Lead teacher,
Florida

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Caroline Espinet

Special education teacher,
New York

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Eddy Castellanos

IB Chemistry teacher,
Florida

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Scott Nicks

Middle school Science teacher,
Florida

Learn more about the winners!

To learn more about these educators, including their reactions to winning their award, check out this blog post.