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As an eighth grader growing up in Carson City, Nevada, just a short drive from Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Hannah Kaiser had dreamed about attending CU Boulder ever since she had searched for colleges in the mountains and saw the Flatirons in the backdrop. Kaiser received the 2025 Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Award.

Iliana De La Rosa’s graduation from the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder fulfills a promise she made to her grandfather when she was 8 years old. De La Rosa received the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Contribution to Community Engagement Award.

Some of Ashley Kim’s greatest inspirations and biggest cheerleaders were her teachers while growing up in nearby Longmont, Colorado. It was those teachers who continued to welcome her back into the classroom, encouraged her, and inspired her desire to do the same for new generations of students. Kim received the 2025 Outstanding Undergraduate Contribution to Teaching Award.

Trang Tran’s educational journey spans continents and disciplines rooted in a love of learning and a deep commitment to justice that help lead her way to graduate studies at CU Boulder. Tran received the 2025 Outstanding Dissertation Award.

For Beatriz Salazar, graduating with a PhD from the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder is more than a personal milestone—it’s the realization of a promise she made as a child and the transformative power of community. Salazar received the 2025 Outstanding Community Engagement Award.

When Abigail Goldberg graduated with her undergraduate degree in anthropology, she was set to pursue a career in death investigating. An unexpected job during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed her whole career course and

As an accomplished teacher, emerging educational historian and rigorous scholar, PhD graduate Derek LeFebre demonstrates exemplary passion and commitment to his work. A Colorado native raised in Aurora, Colorado, LeFebre

Jessica Valadez Fraire will soon graduate with an Elementary Education degree from the �Թ��� of Colorado Boulder, but she didn’t set out to be an elementary teacher. Her early schooling experiences were “isolating and difficult” as a Brown

A veteran educator with nearly a decade of experience practicing as an elementary school teacher and administrator in New York City, Elizabeth Tetu is well acquainted with the common themes that affect teachers in their first

After working for the CU Boulder Office of Information Technology for six years, Marcus Williams decided to switch careers and enroll in the one-year intensive MA+ Secondary Humanities Teacher Licensure program to become a teacher