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Brookline Youth Awards Founder and Producer

R. Harvey Bravman

 

2021 Brookline Youth of the Year
Nahomi Brea-Rivera

2021 Roger Grande Social Justice Award

Joslyn Vendola

2021 Ethel Weiss Service Award

Katherine Tallman

2021 Suriel Guerrero Parents of the Year

Lisa Irvings and Michael Brill

2021 Brookline Youth Awards Hosts

Saya Ameli Hajebi and Nick Lazzaro

 

2021 Brookline Youth Award Sponsors

  • ADW Video Productions
  • Airo Sports
  • Anita Jamieson (Irving’s Toy & Card Shop)
  • Brookline Bank
  • Brookline Booksmith
  • Brookline Chamber of Commerce
  • Brookline Community Foundation
  • Brookline Dental Associates
  • Brookline Education Foundation
  • BrooklineHub.com
  • Brookline Interactive Group
  • Brookline Rotary
  • Brookline Teen Center
  • Chobee Hoy Group Compass
  • Coolidge Corner Merchants Association
  • Coolidge Corner Theatre
  • Elias Mobil
  • Eureka! Puzzles
  • Foundation to be Named Later
  • Goldstein & Herndon, LLP
  • Hamilton Restaurant and Bar
  • Law Office of Susan K. Howards
  • Metro Realty Corp
  • Rifrullo Cafe
  • Robert L. Allen Jr. Law Offices
  • RTN Federal Credit Union
  • The Blakely Group
  • The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
  • Town of Brookline
  • Unlimited Sotheby’s International Realty
  • Viking Sports
  • Zaftigs Delicatessen

2021 Youth Awards Nomination Committee

  • Alicia Adamson
  • Anita Jamieson
  • Anita Mayfield-Sheehan
  • Ben Hoff
  • Bo Winiker
  • Bobbie Knable
  • Caitlin Haynes
  • Catherine Marris
  • Catherine Stevens
  • Caroline Cutlip
  • Chobee Hoy
  • Colleen Suhansky
  • Dana Brigham
  • Danielle Myers
  • Gavin Hui
  • Heather Hamilton
  • James Lenoch
  • Jeff Katz
  • Jennifer Gilbert
  • Karen Chase
  • Kathryn Leslie
  • Ken Goldstein
  • LeRoy Watkins
  • Lesly Suriel Guerrero
  • Lisa Gozashti
  • Lloyd Gellineau
  • Meghan Guidry
  • Malcolm Cawthorne
  • Mariano Suriel Guerrero
  • Paul Epstein
  • R. Harvey Bravman
  • Richard Desir
  • Rob Daves
  • Roger Grande
  • Sabrina Zhou
  • Sarah Kaplan
  • Thomas Vitolo

Past Brookline Youth of the Year Honorees

  • 2011 recipient, Lesly Suriel Guerrero
  • 2012 recipient, Catherine Marris
  • 2013 recipient, Ben Hoff
  • 2014 recipient, Shirley Estime
  • 2015 recipient, Gavin Hui
  • 2016 recipient, Caroline Cutlip
  • 2017 recipient, Anita Mayfield-Sheehan
  • 2018 recipient, Sabrina Zhou
  • 2019 recipient, Richard Desir
  • 2020 recipient, Saya Ameli Hajebi

Past Roger Grand Social Justice Award Honorees

  • 2012 recipient, Roger Grande
  • 2013 recipient, Kathryn Leslie
  • 2014 recipient, Paul Epstein
  • 2015 recipient, Pat Norling
  • 2016 recipient, Rene Feuerman
  • 2017 recipient, Malcolm Cawthorne
  • 2018 recipient, Margo Strom, and Elisabeth Dopazo
  • 2019 recipient, Rob Daves
  • 2020 recipient, Bobby Knable

Past Ethel Weiss Service Award Honorees

  • 2014 recipient, Ethel Weiss
  • 2015 recipient, Chobee Hoy
  • 2016 recipient, Dana Brigham
  • 2017 recipient, Abe Faber, and Christy Timon
  • 2018 recipient, Elias Audy
  • 2019 recipient, Bo Winiker
  • 2020 recipients, Sandy Gradman, Marcie Brawer, and Ilene Epstein

Past Suriel Guerrero Parent of the Year Award Honorees

  • 2017 recipients, Altagracia Guerrero and Mariano Suriel
  • 2018 recipient, Ginny Vas
  • 2019 recipient, Elizabeth & Boniface Mande
  • 2020 recipients, Misti and Sean Jaynes

2021 Youth Award Recipients

  1. Ashauni Jones
  2. Esam Alnajjar
  3. Henry Brill
  4. Isis Contreras Perez
  5. Jenna Masuoka
  6. Jacob Gurdin
  7. Josue Anselme
  8. Kailyn Tavera
  9. Kathrine O’Connor
  10. Meg Hitchcock-Smith
  11. Nahomi Brea-Rivera
  12. Kazi Stafford
  13. Noah Schwartz
  14. Skye Kim
  15. Yelissa Burgos
  16. Yuen Ler Chow

2021 Team Award Recipients

Team Brookline Cares
Faculty Mentor: Dean of Students, Lisa Redding
Team Members: Gabriel Benavidez, Ellery Nistler, Eliot Arnold, Marco Tchernychev, Matthew Murphy, Timothy Lee, and Rowan Michaud

Team Graduate Green
Faculty Mentor: BHS Teacher, Roger Grande
Team Members: Isis Contreras, Jad Kassir, Kat Lexa, Owen Molly, Ella Prabhakar, and Cora Skidmore

2021 Recognition Award Recipients

  1. Abraham Richardson
  2. Adefikayo Ajao
  3. Aderinsola Adeola
  4. Akreira Blevins
  5. Alessandra (Ali) Arvelo
  6. Alexandra Noble
  7. Amina Irizarry-Nones
  8. Anoushka Malik
  9. Betel Tekleghiorghis
  10. Charles Long “Long”
  11. Claire Choi
  12. Clementine Hawkins
  13. Cora Skidmore
  14. Dhruva Schlondorff
  15. Elena Green
  16. Eliot Arnold
  17. Ella Prabhakar
  18. Ellery Nistler
  19. Emilia Gauch
  20. Erin Kosa
  21. Eva Humphreys
  22. Evan Guttell
  23. Frances Smith
  24. Gabriel Benavidez
  25. Gareth Jones
  26. Georgia Walsh
  27. Giorgia Palmer
  28. Graham Krewinghaus
  29. Hana Taylor
  30. Hanalei Henderson
  31. Haniyah Broadway
  32. Hayden Watts
  33. Houyi (Stanley) Peng
  34. Isaac Brendel
  35. Isaac Sandler
  36. Ivy Kovel
  37. Jad Kassir
  38. Jake Perdue
  39. James Kindall
  40. Jonah Barer
  41. Kalima Alexander
  42. Kaya Vadhan
  43. Kat Lexa
  44. Keya Waiker
  45. Lana Chang
  46. Lauren Gutierrez
  47. Laurell Brower
  48. Lilia Burtonpatel
  49. Linden Niedeck
  50. Lucia Lobon
  51. Lydia Richardson
  52. Maddie Kirrane
  53. Marco Tchernychev
  54. Maryaam Ahmed
  55. Matthew Murphy
  56. Mia Pujols-Briceno
  57. Michael Mambrino
  58. Nathan Tworetzky
  59. Nathaniel Baron
  60. Nelson Paulino Bruno
  61. Nina Rogers
  62. Noor Harwell
  63. Oliver Slayton
  64. Olivia Hartshorn
  65. Owen Molly
  66. Paul Yang
  67. Philip Bardon
  68. Phoebe Kallaher
  69. Phylicia Robinson
  70. Ramsey Anis
  71. Rohan Narasimhan
  72. Rowan Michaud
  73. Rowan Roudebush
  74. Samantha Brady-Myerov
  75. Sasha Kalvert
  76. Soraya Maisonet
  77. Tessa Brennan
  78. Timothy Lee
  79. Valentia Burlak
  80. Yadiel Gomez
  81. Yutian (Tina) Lee
  82. Zack Wilson

Brookline Youth Awards Production Credits

Produced & Directed by
R. Harvey Bravman

Editor
Danielle Myers

Director of Photography Live Shoots
Nolan Yee

Associate Editor
Victoria S. Briggs

Music
Ed Grenga
Douglas Stevens

Associate Producers
Ben Hoff
Lesly Suriel Guerrero
Karen Chase
Richard Desir
Sabrina Zhou

BrooklineHub.com Editorial Director
Talia Whyte

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Retrospective video produced by Karen Chase