At the Celebrating Educators event, district nominees will be honored along with the premiere video profiles of the 2025 Riverside County Educators of the Year.

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Maria Lozano
Career Development Facilitator
Community Education Center
MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

CLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR 

Marcus Ridley 
Assistant Director, Classified Personnel 
District Office 
RIVERSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

SITE SUPPORT EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 

Jennifer Camargo 
Social Emotional Learning Support Provider 
Wildomar Elementary School & William Collier Elementary School 
LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR 

Erika Barragan 
Executive Assistant 
District Office 
PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR 

Felipe Zanartu 
School Counselor 
Cole Canyon Elementary School 
MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR 

Jason Marquez 
Principal 
Norte Vista High School 
ALVORD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

CERTIFICATED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR 

Dr. Kimberly Velez
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Support Services
District Office
TEMECULA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Bob Mauger
Automotive Technology
Corona High School
CORONA-NORCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Misty McBee
Animatronics
Harvest Hill STEAM Academy
MENIFEE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Amy Torres
Mathematics
Indio High School
DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Amanda Zonker
History/Social Science, English/Language Arts
Riverside STEM Academy
RIVERSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Join us in celebrating the 2025 Educators of the Year!

2025 Celebrating Educators Luncheon

May 13, 2025
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Riverside Convention Center