The 2025 Awards Ceremony will be held at OCDE
Date Wednesday, November 19

Dr. Sabina Giakoumis
Magnolia High School, AUHSD​
Outstanding Leadership in STEM Education 

Dawn Bakker
Robert M. Pyles STEM Academy, Magnolia SD
Outstanding Leadership in STEM Education 

Dr. Al Rabanera
La Vista High School, FJUHSD
Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator 

Jessica Anderson
El Modena High School, OUSD
Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator

Kathy Whitten
Arnold Elementary School, Cypress SD
Outstanding K-12 STEM Educator 

Dr. Daniel Pilchman
Woodbridge High School, IUSD
Outstanding Career Awareness Educator 

Katrina Edmunds
North Orange County ROP
Outstanding Career Awareness Educator 

​Dr. Torri Draganov
Cypress College
Outstanding Post-Secondary STEM Educator 

Laurie Smith
CLA-OC
Outstanding Community Advocate in STEM Education 

Kass DeBoer
Environmental Nature Center
Outstanding Early Childhood Educator 

Manuel (Manny) Aquino
WINGS Program, Savanna SD
Outstanding Expanded Learning STEM Educator 

Torrey Thomas
Oxford Preparatory Academy (Aliso)
Innovation in STEM Programming/Instruction 

Thank you to our partners in honoring these educators – Cox Communications and University of California, Irvine.​