Andrea Aguilar is a 2025 Claudine K. Brown Intern for the Office of the Under Secretary for Education supporting education outreach. She is passionate about child education, and exploring how to extend the Smithsonian's resources back to communities like her own. She is currently a rising junior at Cornell University studying Human Development.
Meet the 2025 National Teacher of the Year—Ashlie Crosson—an educator ensuring that students in her small hometown grow into lifelong learners who feel confident stepping into a world outside of the one they know
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