Juliana Urtubey is a first-generation Colombian immigrant changing the lives of her students at Kermit R. Booker, Sr. innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas.
The bilingual elementary special education teacher, and National Board-certified instructor, was named the 2021 National Teacher of the Year award from the White House on October 18 for her excellence in education. She is the first Latina to receive the distinction since 1952.
"As a special education teacher, my job is to make sure my students see themselves the way I see them, with all their possibilities and abilities to improve their school community," she said at the ceremony.
By Karla Montalván
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