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Lacy Rivera, You're NM's Milken Educator

 

 

Visiting dignitaries give Lacy Rivera a hand with her oversized Milken Educator Award check.

From left, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Chief Executive Officer Dr. Candice McQueen, representing the Milken Family Foundation; Kayla Laywell, small field representative for New Mexico U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres; Los Lunas High School Principal Darian Jaramillo; New Mexico Secretary of Public Education Ryan Stewart; veteran Milken Educator Juliette Benavidez (NM ’98), Los Lunas Schools' assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction; recipient Lacy Rivera; New Mexico State Senator Clemente Sanchez; New Mexico State Representative Alonzo Baldonado; New Mexico Public Education Commission Vice Chair Trish Ruiz; and Los Lunas Schools District Superintendent Dana Sanders.