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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
- Ashauni Jones
- Esam Alnajjar
- Henry Brill
- Isis Contreras Perez
- Jenna Masuoka
- Jacob Gurdin
- Josue Anselme
- Kailyn Tavera
- Kathrine O’Connor
- Meg Hitchcock-Smith
- Nahomi Brea-Rivera
- Kazi Stafford
- Noah Schwartz
- Skye Kim
- Yelissa Burgos
- 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
- Abraham Richardson
- Adefikayo Ajao
- Aderinsola Adeola
- Akreira Blevins
- Alessandra (Ali) Arvelo
- Alexandra Noble
- Amina Irizarry-Nones
- Anoushka Malik
- Betel Tekleghiorghis
- Charles Long “Long”
- Claire Choi
- Clementine Hawkins
- Cora Skidmore
- Dhruva Schlondorff
- Elena Green
- Eliot Arnold
- Ella Prabhakar
- Ellery Nistler
- Emilia Gauch
- Erin Kosa
- Eva Humphreys
- Evan Guttell
- Frances Smith
- Gabriel Benavidez
- Gareth Jones
- Georgia Walsh
- Giorgia Palmer
- Graham Krewinghaus
- Hana Taylor
- Hanalei Henderson
- Haniyah Broadway
- Hayden Watts
- Houyi (Stanley) Peng
- Isaac Brendel
- Isaac Sandler
- Ivy Kovel
- Jad Kassir
- Jake Perdue
- James Kindall
- Jonah Barer
- Kalima Alexander
- Kaya Vadhan
- Kat Lexa
- Keya Waiker
- Lana Chang
- Lauren Gutierrez
- Laurell Brower
- Lilia Burtonpatel
- Linden Niedeck
- Lucia Lobon
- Lydia Richardson
- Maddie Kirrane
- Marco Tchernychev
- Maryaam Ahmed
- Matthew Murphy
- Mia Pujols-Briceno
- Michael Mambrino
- Nathan Tworetzky
- Nathaniel Baron
- Nelson Paulino Bruno
- Nina Rogers
- Noor Harwell
- Oliver Slayton
- Olivia Hartshorn
- Owen Molly
- Paul Yang
- Philip Bardon
- Phoebe Kallaher
- Phylicia Robinson
- Ramsey Anis
- Rohan Narasimhan
- Rowan Michaud
- Rowan Roudebush
- Samantha Brady-Myerov
- Sasha Kalvert
- Soraya Maisonet
- Tessa Brennan
- Timothy Lee
- Valentia Burlak
- Yadiel Gomez
- Yutian (Tina) Lee
- 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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