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Congrats City Year L.A. AmeriCorps Class of 2022!

Congratulations to the City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps class of 2022! The impact each of our corps members made both in and out of the classroom will surely ripple on for generations to come, and we cannot thank them enough for their service.

A special congratulations to our 2021-2022 award recipients!

We would like to take this moment to especially congratulate this year’s award recipients. All of these AmeriCorps members went above and beyond throughout their year of service, and it is our honor to celebrate them.

Bronfman Hauptman Leadership Award Recipients:


Diana Correa, team leader for the Harbor Freight Tools Team at Stevenson Middle School
Jaqueline Guzman, team leader for the CIM Team at Nava College Preparatory
Alviana Johnson, team leader for the Abbvie Team at 20th St. Elementary School
Laura To, team leader for the Len Hill Charitable Trust Foundation Team at Mendez High School
Jaime Romero, team leader at Jefferson High School

Innovative Enrichment Award, presented by Disney


The Rosenthal Family Foundation team at Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary in South Los Angeles

Storyteller of the Year Award presented by SONY Pictures Entertainment:


Jocelyn Garcia, communications coordinator for the Rosenthal Family Foundation Team at Stevenson Middle School

City Year Value Award Winners:


Andrea Ignacio, Len Hill Charitable Trust Team at McKinley Ave. Elementary School

Desiree Garcia, Comcast NBCUniversal Los Angeles Civic Engagement Team

Evelyn Alvarez-Velasquez, Team Leader for the Riot Games Team at Jordan High School

Janet Lima-Ruiz, team leader for the ECMC Team at Carver Middle School

Jasmin Adan, Menlo Ave. Elementary School

Jazmine Gonzalez, team leader for the Vera R. Campbell Foundation Team at Roosevelt High School

Sabrina Anderson, Woodworth Monroe Middle School

Congratulations again to this year’s City Year Los Angeles graduates and to all our amazing award recipients. It was truly an honor to serve alongside you this year.

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