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2025-2026SY Teachers
Sam Collier Tortolita Middle School
Christine Conners University High School
Ruth Heaton Apollo MS
Michael Hellman ASDB High School
Nicholas Ilka Paulo Freire Freedom School Downtown
Kelly Midthun-Schmidt Marana -> Mountain View High School
Jenny Russell Drachman Montessori
Jasmine Sanchez Ha:ṣañ Preparatory & Leadership School
Andrea Shirley Roberts Naylor K-8
April Spencer Homer Davis Elementary
2024-2025SY Teachers
Aaron Buckley Los Amigos Technology Academy
Anna Brauner Sahuarita High School
Bianca Medina Desert View High School
Chelsea Powers Mountain View High School
Crystal Shepard J. Robert Hendricks Elementary
Eli Gomez Pueblo Magnet High School
Elizabeth Valenzuela Los Ninos Elementary School
Forrest Pope Tucson High School
Georgina Matzkin Dodge Traditional Magnet Middle School
Kate (Kathleen) Barrett Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind
Mandy Becker Mansfeld Magnet Middle School
Omar Acuna Baboquivari High School
Sokha Wise Pueblo Magnet High School
2023-2024SY Teachers
Robert Buzzetti Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Jaime Camero Douglas Elementary
Marco Cubillas Roskruge Bilingual Magnet School
Phillip Dukes Rincon/University High School
Anna Verdiguel Gillet teaches biotechnology at Flowing Wells High School in Tucson. Anna shared "Participating in BIORETS allowed me to re-evaluate my teaching and get back to the core of what I love about science."
Nina Hipps Safford K8
Dean Holbrook Mansfeld Magnet Middle School
Tobias Kochenderfer Tucson High Magnet School
Pablo Sanz Navarro Roskruge Bilingual Magnet School
Jennifer Quijada Rincon High School
2022-2023SY Teachers
Lydia Carlson Hendricks Elementary
Janet Slingerland Hendricks Elementary
Jessica Pitts Valencia Middle School
Rachel Carpenter Wakefield Middle School
Jean-Claude Abougou Tohono O'odham High School
Rebecca Redding ucson High School
Sharon Sapp Tucson High School
Jordan Mlsna Baboquivari High School
Lana Donahue Santa Rosa Day School
Julie Venglarcik Altar Valley Middle School