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Meet the 2014–15 Milken Educator Award Winners

Nationwide│Apr 20, 2015

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Shalini Sharma (AZ '14) │Teacher, Friendly House Academia Del Pueblo Elementary School │Phoenix, AZ

Date of Award: Mar. 26, 2015

Fifth-grade teacher Shalini Sharma taught in her native India before bringing her talents for education to the United States in 2007. Shalini believes her true calling is educating the youth of today, and that's a great thing for the students of Academia Del Pueblo where her efforts led to academic improvements in reading and math scores for the once struggling fifth-grade class.

In this photo: Milken Family Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken (center) takes a moment to brace new Milken Educator Shalini Sharma as she lets the news sink in. Veteran Milken Educator Bradley Breuer (AZ '10) (left) helps display Shalini's ceremonial check.

In this photo: Bradley Breuer (AZ '10) , Lowell Milken , Shalini Sharma (AZ '14)

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