About the Light Award

The Light Award is a program of the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation, a private family foundation. As stated on their website, they believe  that "highly effective, engaged teachers are the most important factor in a student’s academic experience and success. We seek to honor and invest in educators and school leaders." 

Here is a description of our project from the Light Award website.  The team members are the following:  Allison Hyde, David Ortiz, Katia Sterne, Octavio Rodriguez and Stacy Schmidt Wenzel. 

Our team has felt privileged to be connected this organization.