Brookline Youth Awards Founder and Producer
R. Harvey Bravman
2023 Brookline Youth of the Year
Yutian (Tina) Li
2023 Brookline Youth of the Year Finalists
Alice MacGarvie Thompson
Charlotte Stokes
Madison Allen
Nemiera Lal
Tony Harris
2023 Roger Grande Social Justice Award
Lloyd Gellineau
2023 Ethel Weiss Service Award
David Leschinsky, Eureka! Puzzles
2023 Suriel Guerrero Parent of the Year Award
Santiago Nunez and Suyapa Diaz
2023 Brookline Youth Award Sponsors
ADW Video Productions
Airo Sports
Anita Jamieson (Irving’s Toy & Card Shop)
Brookline Bank
Brookline Booksmith
Brookline Community Foundation
Brookline Dental Associates
Brookline Education Foundation
BrooklineHub.com
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 Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
Town of Brookline
2023 Brookline Youth Award Nomination Committee
Anita Jamieson
Anita Mayfield-Sheehan
Ben Hoff
Caitlin Star
Caitlin Burkes
Catherine Marris
Caroline Cutlip
Chobee Hoy
Danielle Myers
Elizabeth Ascoli
James Lenoch
Jennifer Gilbert
Joslyn Vendola
Karen Chase
Kathryn Leslie
Ken Goldstein
Kim Kushner
Lesley Archabal
Lesly Suriel Guerrero
Lisa Gozashti
Lisa Irvings
Lloyd Gellineau
Meghan Guidry
Malcolm Cawthorne
R. Harvey Bravman
Richard Desir
Rob Daves
Sabrina Zhou
Sarah Kaplan
Saya Ameli Hajebi
Thomas Vitolo
Past 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
2021 recipient, Nahomi Brea Rivera
2022 recipient, Azavia Barsky-Elnour
2023 Youth Award Recipients
Abigail Ketema
Margo Mattes
Molly Louison
Patrice Desir
Sammi Nunez-Diaz
Taj Horowitz
2023 Recognition Award Recipients
Adaeze Anyaosah
Alana Lorens Garena
Alice Costa Filipe
Alina Samasaran
Amarjot Ranu
Amirah Saalik
Andrew Nguyen
Anya Ditkoff
Ariana Lodge
Atlas Noubir
Audrey Naverrete
Ben Hurwitz
Ben Kaplan
Bihan Dasgupta
Bobby Roberts
Christina Da Rosa
Eli Williams
Eliot Arnold
Elise Ruberg
Eva Humphreys
Ellery Nistler
Ema Koka
Emeri Shende-Ruiz
Ezra Kleinbaum
Ezra Weintroub
Gabriel Benavidez
Grace M. Yang
Gareth Jones
Giorgia Palmer
Greta Natarjan
Hana Taylor
Jane Robinson
Katherine Henry
Layla Noubir
Lina Chang
Michael Zhu
Marco Tchernychev
Matthew Carter
Matthew Murphy
Michelle Li
Mir Stojanov
Naama Tomer
Nil Pavpertov
Olivia Sheehan
Orlee Bracha
Peter Blackburn
Rowan Michaud
Sara Gonzalez
Sari Frankl
Sofia Jane
Sofia Vasquez
Tal Canetti
Tessa Brennan
Tia Percheva
Timothy Lee
Valentia Burlak
Williams Galindez Gonzalez
Roger Grande Social Justice Award Past Honorees
- 2012 Roger Grande, BHS Teacher
- 2013 Kate Leslie, BHS Teacher
- 2014 Paul Epstein, BHS Social Worker
- 2015 Pat Norling, Town of Brookline Employee
- 2016 Rene Feuerman, Brookline Food Pantry
- 2017 Malcolm Cawthorne, BHS Teacher
- 2018 Margot Strom & Elisabeth Dopazo, Facing History & Ourselves
- 2019 Rob Daves, Brookline Resident
- 2020 Bobbie Knable
- 2021 Joslyn Vendola
Ethel Weiss Service Award Past Honorees
- 2014 Ethel Weiss, Irvings Toy & Card Shop
- 2015 Chobee Hoy, Chobee Hoy Group Compass
- 2016 Dana Brigham, Brookline Booksmith
- 2017 Abe Faber & Christy Timon, Clear Flour Bread
- 2018 Elias Audy, Elias Mobil
- 2019 Bo Winiker, .Winiker Music
- 2020 Sandy Gradman, Marcie Brawer, Ilene Epstein – The Studio
- 2021 Katherine Tallman
Suriel Guerrero Parent of the Year Award
- 2017 Altagracia Guerrero and Mariano Suriel
- 2018 Ginny Vas
- 2019 Elizabeth & Boniface Mande
- 2020 Misti & Sean James
- 2021 Lisa Irvings and Michael Brill
2023 Brookline Youth Awards Production Credits
Produced & Directed by
R. Harvey Bravman
Editors
Danielle Myers
Victoria Briggs
Nolan Yee
Director of Photography Live Shoots
Nolan Yee
Music
Ed Grenga
Douglas Stevens
Associate Producers
Karen Chase
Sabrina Zhou
BrooklineHub.com Editorial Director
Talia Whyte
Special Thank You to our Brookline Youth Awards Home
Coolidge Corner Theatre
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