The Alabama State Department of Education named the state’s sixteen 2025-26 finalists for Teacher of the Year on April 9.

Cabarrus County’s Summer Espinosa was named the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2025 Burroughs ...

Espinosa was honored as the NCCAT 2025 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Beginning Teacher of the Year for her outstanding work as a kindergarten teacher.

This marks the first time in the NC Teacher of the Year, 55-year history that a Pitt County teacher was awarded.