2025 Awardees
2025 FAEA Award Winners
Pearl Krepps Legacy Award
Mabel Morales
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami, Florida
Florida’s Outstanding Art Educator
of the Year Award
Dr. Marilyn Proctor-Givens
Lincoln High School
Tallahassee, Florida
Lifetime Achievement Award
Teresa Woodlief
Jacksonville, Florida
Elementary Art Educator of the Year Award
Susan Feliciano
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary
Miami, Florida
Middle School Art Educator of the Year Award
Nadia Fernandez-Castillo
Arvida Middle School
Miami, Florida
Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award
Gerald Obregon
AP Mays Conservatory of the Arts
Miami, Florida
Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award
Dr. Rachel Fendler
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Museum Educator of the Year Award
Dr. David Matteson
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boca Raton, Florida
Principal/Administrator of the Year Award
Elena Villani
Lake Worth Community High School
Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Superintendent of the Year Award
Kevin Hendrick
Pinellas County Schools
Largo, Florida
Adaptive Arts Educator Award
Laura Pruneda
Englewood High School
Jacksonville, Florida
New Professional Award
Gabrielle Roland
James B. Sanderlin K-8 IB World School
St. Petersburg, Florida
Retired Art Educator Award
Donna Underwood
Miami, Florida
Local Art Education Association Leader Award
Dwayne Shepherd
Osceola Middle School
Seminole, Florida
Higher Education Individual Student Achievement Award
Hung-Chi Chu
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
June Hinckley Art Educator Award of Excellence
Patricia Calderon
Osceola County School for the Arts
Kissimmee, Florida
Charles Dorn High School Student Award of Excellence
Natalie Galan
Gibbs High School
St. Petersburg, Florida
National Art Honor Society - Florida Student Award
Aiden Evans
Gibbs High School
St. Petersburg, Florida
Friend of Art Education Award
Jacqueline Roch
Fisher Island Day School
Miami, Florida
Community Service/Institution/Corporate Award
Miriam Machado
Frost Art Museum, Florida International University
Miami, Florida
