BRI Announces Gary Colletti NCSS Scholarship Recipients 

<p>The Bill of Rights Institute is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Gary Colletti Scholarship.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This year’s scholarships areprovideing financial support for educators to attend this year’s <a href="https://www.socialstudies.org/conference" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference</a> in Washington, D.C., from Dec. 5-7. <a href="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/in-memory-of-gary-colletti" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The scholarship is named in honor of Gary Colletti</a>, a former Director of teacher and student programs at BRI who passed away in 2021.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Here are the recipients for this year’s scholarship:&nbsp;</p>

<p>Alexsandra Eaton (Michigan)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Amanda Pagnotta (Pennsylvania)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Artur Da Silva (Illinois)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chanaiya Jones-Saunders (Virginia)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Cristina Berrett-Braun (Colorado)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Haley Rubio (Arizona)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Heather Azeman (Oregon)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Howard Perkins (Virginia)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Jeanette Martinez (Colorado)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Jeffrey Webb (West Virginia)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Joanne Heidel (Oregon)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Katie Cooper (Texas)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Katie Schneringer (Colorado)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Lauren Welch (North Carolina)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Luis San Pedro (Florida)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Marti Ballesteros (Arizona)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Nakira Burton (Florida)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Pamela R Jimenez (Texas)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Paul Bennis (New York)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sari Chabot (Montana)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Shineth Gonzales (Colorado)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Tim Cunningham (Pennsylvania)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Veronica Pitts (Alabama)&nbsp;</p>

<p>Whitney Barnes (Colorado)&nbsp;</p>