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Allison Rewalt graduated from Centennial High School in 2019 and spent her freshman year of college as a cheerleader for New Mexico State University. She is now going into her sophomore year of Mechanical Engineering. Allison is thrilled to pursue an education in STEM and is grateful that NMOST has given her more opportunities to move mountains for women!
Allison Rewalt
Allison Rewalt graduated from Centennial High School in 2019 and spent her freshman year of college as a cheerleader for New Mexico State University. She is now going into her sophomore year of Mechanical Engineering. Allison is thrilled to pursue an education in STEM and is grateful that NMOST has given her more opportunities to move mountains for women!
Shayla Hillis
Shayla Hillis is 17 years old, She has lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico her entire life and attended Robertson High School.She loves to play sports in her free time and her hobbies include art and weight lifting. She plans to attend the United World College Dilijan this fall to get her International Baccalaureate with focuses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics before coming back home and attending university. She appreciates this award and is very thankful to NMOST for providing the young women of New Mexico this wonderful opportunity.
Shayla Hillis
Shayla Hillis is 17 years old, She has lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico her entire life and attended Robertson High School.She loves to play sports in her free time and her hobbies include art and weight lifting. She plans to attend the United World College Dilijan this fall to get her International Baccalaureate with focuses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics before coming back home and attending university. She appreciates this award and is very thankful to NMOST for providing the young women of New Mexico this wonderful opportunity.
Shayla Hillis
Shayla Hillis is 17 years old, She has lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico her entire life and attended Robertson High School.She loves to play sports in her free time and her hobbies include art and weight lifting. She plans to attend the United World College Dilijan this fall to get her International Baccalaureate with focuses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics before coming back home and attending university. She appreciates this award and is very thankful to NMOST for providing the young women of New Mexico this wonderful opportunity.
Shayla Hillis
Shayla Hillis is 17 years old, She has lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico her entire life and attended Robertson High School.She loves to play sports in her free time and her hobbies include art and weight lifting. She plans to attend the United World College Dilijan this fall to get her International Baccalaureate with focuses in biology, chemistry, and mathematics before coming back home and attending university. She appreciates this award and is very thankful to NMOST for providing the young women of New Mexico this wonderful opportunity.
Atlanta Taylor-Campagna
Atlanta Taylor-Campagna is completing her senior year of highschool at Bosque School. She is looking forward to starting college in the Fall of 2021 and pursuing a degree in the scientific field. She has been invested in STEM from a very young age and has always been drawn towards the sciences. She has completed 5 science courses in the last 3 years, participated in Science Olympiad for 4 years, competed in robotics across the country, and been a member of the Greater Albuquerque chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers since age 13. Outside of the sphere of academia, she rock climbs and fights for social change.
Atlanta Taylor-Campagna
Atlanta Taylor-Campagna is completing her senior year of highschool at Bosque School. She is looking forward to starting college in the Fall of 2021 and pursuing a degree in the scientific field. She has been invested in STEM from a very young age and has always been drawn towards the sciences. She has completed 5 science courses in the last 3 years, participated in Science Olympiad for 4 years, competed in robotics across the country, and been a member of the Greater Albuquerque chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers since age 13. Outside of the sphere of academia, she rock climbs and fights for social change.
Mari Aoki
Mari Aoki was born in Bozeman, Montana and is currently an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Japanese. At UNM, she is also a member of the Women’s Swimming & Diving team and is one of the committee chairs for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Her current career interests include software engineering and mobile application development and she hopes to someday work in the space industry. She plans to use this scholarship to help pay for housing while at school. Between classes, clubs, athletics, and studying, she likes spending time talking with friends and learning or practicing programming skills.
Mari Aoki
Mari Aoki was born in Bozeman, Montana and is currently an undergraduate student at the University of New Mexico pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Japanese. At UNM, she is also a member of the Women’s Swimming & Diving team and is one of the committee chairs for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Her current career interests include software engineering and mobile application development and she hopes to someday work in the space industry. She plans to use this scholarship to help pay for housing while at school. Between classes, clubs, athletics, and studying, she likes spending time talking with friends and learning or practicing programming skills.
2021 Jill Bradley Best Practice Program Award
The IAN Jill Bradley Best Practice Program Award recognizes an After School and/or Youth Development Program from the state of Illinois. Jill Bradley (1950-2020), was an amazing champion and passionate voice for children and youth. This special award is recognized for exemplary program practices and innovative program practices and services. Recognition is awarded annually to a program who exhibits exemplary program excellence, serving as a model for all after school and youth development programs. Jill was a past board member; 2012 recipient of the Rich Scofield Award and Chair of Steering for Chicago MOST and was a National Trainer with the National Institute on Out-of-School Time in which she facilitated Leadership Training for state agencies and programs for more than 15 years. Jill is a mother of two beautiful daughters, Ginneh and Allena and one granddaughter Nina. Although her passion, dedication and voice will be greatly missed, her countless contributions to the profession will live in our memories forever.
This year’s recipient is the Gary Comer Youth Center. It is located 7200 South Ingleside in Chicago. The mission of the GCYC to provide the support to ensure its youth members graduate from high school, prepared for college and careers to become contributing global citizens. GCYC is the cornerstone of the Comer Education Campus, which is comprised of Gary Comer Youth Center, Gary Comer College Prep and Gary Comer Middle School, and is open to youth throughout Chicagoland with a target area of the Southside. Working with best-in-class partners, the campus currently serves over 2,000 youth annually.
GCYC provides a safe and supportive environment for ages 8-24 after school, on weekends and during school hours. We are committed to developing the full potential, talent and skill of young people from grade school through college graduation. Programming occurs in three primary categories: enrichment, academic enhancement, and college success programs.
GCYC has over 20 partners who are best in class in their area of work. From video production programming to dance or social work, GCYC has engaged these various partners to ensure that GCYC members receive the best services, opportunities and supports that Chicago has to offer. Using this strategy, GCYC and our partners leverage our resources together to achieve all our goals. This approach also positively affects all involved organizations fiscally as well. It is this collective impact that made GCYC a flagship youth organization (and community organization) on this Southside of Chicago.
The cornerstone of our afterschool program is youth voice and choice. GCYC offers over 40 different programs in a variety of program areas for our youth. They have the opportunity to choose which programs they want to attend every day by registering for the programs they want to participant in daily. All offerings are age appropriate as well to make sure that the programs are intentionally catered to the youths' needs. Additionally, youth can decide field trips and activities in their programs with support from their instructors. They also determine and execute the activities for our major events such as the Halloween Haunted House (since 2008), the Comer Awards and most recently the Black History Month Excellence Banquet. Lastly, GCYC has a youth advisory board. This board provides authentic consulting to organizational leadership on programming, hiring, safety issues and strategic direction. This board has been in operation for over seven years, seeing adult staff seriously taking their suggestions and perspective seriously- making organizational change as a result. Finally, we believe that youth vote with their feet. If they are not attending a program, we will change the instructor, time or close the program altogether if they do not want it. Conversely, if there is demand for a program, we will increase the number of times the program in offered and match their interest with increased investment.
The Gary Comer Youth Center has received the following awards and articles:
2007 - Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
2011- Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (Bruner Foundation)
2012 - Model for Community Solutions, Office of the President of the United States (Obama Administration)
2019 - Better Makers: Redefining Possible at Gary Comer Youth Center's Pivotal Campus
2020 - Gary Comer Youth Center 21st CCLC Promotes Civic Engagement through Afterschool Enrichment (Illinois Quality Afterschool, ISBE)
What an exemplary example of an OUTSTANDING program to be honored this year! Hats off the GCYC Staff, Parents and Youth! Please keep up the great work!
2021 Jill Bradley Best Practice Program Award
The IAN Jill Bradley Best Practice Program Award recognizes an After School and/or Youth Development Program from the state of Illinois. Jill Bradley (1950-2020), was an amazing champion and passionate voice for children and youth. This special award is recognized for exemplary program practices and innovative program practices and services. Recognition is awarded annually to a program who exhibits exemplary program excellence, serving as a model for all after school and youth development programs. Jill was a past board member; 2012 recipient of the Rich Scofield Award and Chair of Steering for Chicago MOST and was a National Trainer with the National Institute on Out-of-School Time in which she facilitated Leadership Training for state agencies and programs for more than 15 years. Jill is a mother of two beautiful daughters, Ginneh and Allena and one granddaughter Nina. Although her passion, dedication and voice will be greatly missed, her countless contributions to the profession will live in our memories forever.
This year’s recipient is the Gary Comer Youth Center. It is located 7200 South Ingleside in Chicago. The mission of the GCYC to provide the support to ensure its youth members graduate from high school, prepared for college and careers to become contributing global citizens. GCYC is the cornerstone of the Comer Education Campus, which is comprised of Gary Comer Youth Center, Gary Comer College Prep and Gary Comer Middle School, and is open to youth throughout Chicagoland with a target area of the Southside. Working with best-in-class partners, the campus currently serves over 2,000 youth annually.
GCYC provides a safe and supportive environment for ages 8-24 after school, on weekends and during school hours. We are committed to developing the full potential, talent and skill of young people from grade school through college graduation. Programming occurs in three primary categories: enrichment, academic enhancement, and college success programs.
GCYC has over 20 partners who are best in class in their area of work. From video production programming to dance or social work, GCYC has engaged these various partners to ensure that GCYC members receive the best services, opportunities and supports that Chicago has to offer. Using this strategy, GCYC and our partners leverage our resources together to achieve all our goals. This approach also positively affects all involved organizations fiscally as well. It is this collective impact that made GCYC a flagship youth organization (and community organization) on this Southside of Chicago.
The cornerstone of our afterschool program is youth voice and choice. GCYC offers over 40 different programs in a variety of program areas for our youth. They have the opportunity to choose which programs they want to attend every day by registering for the programs they want to participant in daily. All offerings are age appropriate as well to make sure that the programs are intentionally catered to the youths' needs. Additionally, youth can decide field trips and activities in their programs with support from their instructors. They also determine and execute the activities for our major events such as the Halloween Haunted House (since 2008), the Comer Awards and most recently the Black History Month Excellence Banquet. Lastly, GCYC has a youth advisory board. This board provides authentic consulting to organizational leadership on programming, hiring, safety issues and strategic direction. This board has been in operation for over seven years, seeing adult staff seriously taking their suggestions and perspective seriously- making organizational change as a result. Finally, we believe that youth vote with their feet. If they are not attending a program, we will change the instructor, time or close the program altogether if they do not want it. Conversely, if there is demand for a program, we will increase the number of times the program in offered and match their interest with increased investment.
The Gary Comer Youth Center has received the following awards and articles:
2007 - Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
2011- Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (Bruner Foundation)
2012 - Model for Community Solutions, Office of the President of the United States (Obama Administration)
2019 - Better Makers: Redefining Possible at Gary Comer Youth Center's Pivotal Campus
2020 - Gary Comer Youth Center 21st CCLC Promotes Civic Engagement through Afterschool Enrichment (Illinois Quality Afterschool, ISBE)
What an exemplary example of an OUTSTANDING program to be honored this year! Hats off the GCYC Staff, Parents and Youth! Please keep up the great work!
IAN Rich Scofield Award
Richard Scofield was the owner of School Age Notes in Nashville, TN. Because of his countless contributions to the field of afterschool and expanded learning, and to honor him, we began recognizing afterschool professionals with the Richard Scofield Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize and elevate an individual who has made a significant impact in the field of afterschool and youth development.
This year’s recipient is Paula Short. Paula is an Area Manager with Champions in Lombard, Illinois and has been in the field for the past 10 years. Previous to joining Champions, Paula worked for Starbucks where she developed business practices and have brought them with her into the world of after school. As an effective for-profit provider, we must have business practices in place for effective program sustainability.
Paula has committed to making sure that programs under her leadership are safe and fun while delivering our QUALITY service values. This includes curriculum implementation in which the team carries out each and every day. She runs one of the highest volumes of before/after school/preschool programs in Naperville and Lemont areas. She has created a culture of sharing, teaching, learning and accelerating to the next level. She continuously seeks outside sources to help her bring new innovative ideas back to her team and peers. She continuously seeks knowledge through collaborative partnerships such as the school districts, community organizations, IAN, NAA, YWCA.
Paula has empowered her team to help them to deliver the BEST experience for the children and youth under their care who is our future. She has created many meaningful relationships with families and strategic alliances with schools to ensure that we all continue to work as a partnership. The word partnership is huge when you talk to Paula because her theory is “we are in it for the youth”. She takes part in many community events that happen in Illinois to show that she is an integral part of the community in which houses Champion programs. She continues to partnered with IAN to deliver quality training to her esteemed team of Site Directors, Assistant Teachers, and ancillary staff.
Paula work is driven from her passion of operating high-quality programs for children and youth. She is one that shares her knowledge unselfishly with her team and continues to show them unconditional support even if takes her away from her administrative duties to lend a helping hand. Indeed, success to her is wining as a team! Paula has a heart of gold and makes sure that she shares her best practices with our team at Champions! Success to her is how we help create these programs today to create the future leaders of the world tomorrow.
Paula work is driven from her passion of operating high-quality programs for children and youth. She is one that shares her knowledge unselfishly with her team and continues to show them unconditional support even if takes her away from her administrative duties to lend a helping hand. Indeed, success to her is wining as a team! Paula has a heart of gold and makes sure that she shares her best practices with our team at Champions! Success to her is how we help create these programs today to create the future leaders of the world tomorrow.
IAN Rich Scofield Award
Richard Scofield was the owner of School Age Notes in Nashville, TN. Because of his countless contributions to the field of afterschool and expanded learning, and to honor him, we began recognizing afterschool professionals with the Richard Scofield Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize and elevate an individual who has made a significant impact in the field of afterschool and youth development.
This year’s recipient is Paula Short. Paula is an Area Manager with Champions in Lombard, Illinois and has been in the field for the past 10 years. Previous to joining Champions, Paula worked for Starbucks where she developed business practices and have brought them with her into the world of after school. As an effective for-profit provider, we must have business practices in place for effective program sustainability.
Paula has committed to making sure that programs under her leadership are safe and fun while delivering our QUALITY service values. This includes curriculum implementation in which the team carries out each and every day. She runs one of the highest volumes of before/after school/preschool programs in Naperville and Lemont areas. She has created a culture of sharing, teaching, learning and accelerating to the next level. She continuously seeks outside sources to help her bring new innovative ideas back to her team and peers. She continuously seeks knowledge through collaborative partnerships such as the school districts, community organizations, IAN, NAA, YWCA.
Paula has empowered her team to help them to deliver the BEST experience for the children and youth under their care who is our future. She has created many meaningful relationships with families and strategic alliances with schools to ensure that we all continue to work as a partnership. The word partnership is huge when you talk to Paula because her theory is “we are in it for the youth”. She takes part in many community events that happen in Illinois to show that she is an integral part of the community in which houses Champion programs. She continues to partnered with IAN to deliver quality training to her esteemed team of Site Directors, Assistant Teachers, and ancillary staff.
Paula work is driven from her passion of operating high-quality programs for children and youth. She is one that shares her knowledge unselfishly with her team and continues to show them unconditional support even if takes her away from her administrative duties to lend a helping hand. Indeed, success to her is wining as a team! Paula has a heart of gold and makes sure that she shares her best practices with our team at Champions! Success to her is how we help create these programs today to create the future leaders of the world tomorrow.
Paula work is driven from her passion of operating high-quality programs for children and youth. She is one that shares her knowledge unselfishly with her team and continues to show them unconditional support even if takes her away from her administrative duties to lend a helping hand. Indeed, success to her is wining as a team! Paula has a heart of gold and makes sure that she shares her best practices with our team at Champions! Success to her is how we help create these programs today to create the future leaders of the world tomorrow.
2021 DEB NELSON BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S LEADERSHIP AWARD
The IAN Deb Nelson Board of Director’s Leadership Award is named in honor of Deborah Jolyn Wildrick Nelson who passed away in May of 2009, from complications in her battle with Lymphoma cancer at the age of 51. Deb was instrumental in the continued development of Illinois AfterSchool Network (IAN) during her terms as President of the Board of Directors from 1994 until 1997.
The IAN Deb Nelson Board of Director’s Leadership Award is awarded to a Board of Director, Member at Large or Regional Facilitator that goes beyond the call of duty in their specific region and serves as a role model to help expand services of afterschool and youth development throughout the state of Illinois.
This year’s recipient is Camille Harmon. Over the years, Camille has demonstrated exemplary involvement and commitment to helping expand services of After School and Youth Development in Region 1 (Chicago/Cook). Camille has been very active since being elected to the IAN Board in 2011, She has served on the Governance Committee for many years, assists with the Spring Conference each year serving as Volunteer Chair and has also served on the Finance Committee.
Today we celebrate Camille Harmon for her ongoing involvement on the IAN Board and her efforts in Region 1! She is a true team player and continues to be a strong asset to the Illinois AfterSchool Network Board of Directors, sharing her skills and abilities and always maintaining a positive, professional attitude.
Collectively, we appreciate her hard work, dedication and commitment and she is highly deserving of this recognition
2021 DEB NELSON BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S LEADERSHIP AWARD
The IAN Deb Nelson Board of Director’s Leadership Award is named in honor of Deborah Jolyn Wildrick Nelson who passed away in May of 2009, from complications in her battle with Lymphoma cancer at the age of 51. Deb was instrumental in the continued development of Illinois AfterSchool Network (IAN) during her terms as President of the Board of Directors from 1994 until 1997.
The IAN Deb Nelson Board of Director’s Leadership Award is awarded to a Board of Director, Member at Large or Regional Facilitator that goes beyond the call of duty in their specific region and serves as a role model to help expand services of afterschool and youth development throughout the state of Illinois.
This year’s recipient is Camille Harmon. Over the years, Camille has demonstrated exemplary involvement and commitment to helping expand services of After School and Youth Development in Region 1 (Chicago/Cook). Camille has been very active since being elected to the IAN Board in 2011, She has served on the Governance Committee for many years, assists with the Spring Conference each year serving as Volunteer Chair and has also served on the Finance Committee.
Today we celebrate Camille Harmon for her ongoing involvement on the IAN Board and her efforts in Region 1! She is a true team player and continues to be a strong asset to the Illinois AfterSchool Network Board of Directors, sharing her skills and abilities and always maintaining a positive, professional attitude.
Collectively, we appreciate her hard work, dedication and commitment and she is highly deserving of this recognition