2024 Conference

Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award

The Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award honors one educator each year at the Annual Educators for Diversity Conference. The award is given to Utah educators who actively and thoughtfully exemplify the mission of Utah NAME. The award is given not only to honor the educator but to support her/him through acknowledgment of the challenging and rewarding collaborative work of providing equitable educational opportunities for all learners.

2024 Exemplary Educator for Diversity: Lorena J. Jiménez

Ms. Jiménez is 3rd grade teacher at the Edith Bowen Laboratory School. She is from Aguascalientes, Mexico, and truly loves her Mexican heritage. She loves sharing her culture and language in all ways possible. She grew up in rural Idaho and has lived in the states since the age of four. She attended Utah State University as a first-generation college student and loves being an Aggie! She loves learning and teaching and has taught 4th and 5th grade in traditional and Spanish Dual Immersion settings.

Past Recipients of the Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award:

2024 - Lorena J. Jiménez
2023 - Harold Foster
2021 - Cara Cerise
2016 – Taran Chun
2015 – Daniel Bergman
2014 – Emmie Staker
2013 – Kyle Reyes
2012 – Rebecca Richardson
2011 – Fidel Montero
2010 – Kenneth Hopkins
2009 – Sarah Roberts
2008 – Grace Huerta
2007 – Jose Enriquez
2006 – Richard Gomez
2005 – Martha Whitaker & Charlene Lui
2004 – Ronda Kingsford & Katie Jensen

2024 Conference

Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award

2024 Exemplary Educator for Diversity: Lorena J. Jiménez

Past Recipients of the Exemplary Educator for Diversity Award:

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