Celebrating Miriam Torres: Educator of the Year

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There are educators whose impact can be measured in lessons taught or years of service. And then there are educators whose impact lives in the relationships they have built—with children, families and generations of colleagues.

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Miriam Torres is one of those educators.

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On September 18, Miriam was honored with the Katherine Butler Jones Educator of the Year Award at Higher Ground’s Educator Appreciation Event on Cathleen Stone Island.

 

The recognition was a beautiful moment for a beloved member of the Crispus Attucks Children’s Center community—and an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary care, commitment and love Miriam has brought to her work.

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Higher Ground Executive Director Brandy Brooks spoke about Miriam as she presented the honor, and CACC Executive Director Amanda Gorner added her own reflections on the educator and colleague CACC has been fortunate to call its own.

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Together, their remarks reflected something those who know Miriam already understand: her work has always been about much more than what happens in a classroom. It is about making children feel known and cared for, building relationships with families, supporting fellow educators, and giving herself wholeheartedly to the CACC community.

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We are grateful that our friends at Higher Ground created an opportunity to celebrate Miriam and the difference she has made.

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For CACC, Miriam's recognition also reminds us of something worth celebrating about early childhood educators everywhere. The work they do during the earliest years of a child's life can echo for decades—in the confidence children develop, in the relationships families remember, and in the communities educators help build.

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Miriam, congratulations on this richly deserved honor. And from all of us at CACC: thank you for everything you have given to our children, our families, your colleagues and this special community.