2022-23 Awards

Each year, the California Association of School Counselors gives awards to individuals who have been instrumental in the field of school counseling. These individuals are nominated by their peers and chosen by an independent panel who follow the various criteria for each category.

We celebrate the 2023 winners shown below!

Loretta Aday Whitson Lifetime Achievement Award
Marilyn Harryman

California School Counselor of the Year
Laurie Tristan
MacArthur Intermediate School
Santa Ana Unified School District

Administrator of the Year
Dr. Jacqueline Duncan
Principal
Bay Laurel Elementary School
Las Virgenes Unified School District

Advocate of the Year
Sonia R. Llamas, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent
Santa Ana Unified School District

Counselor Educator of the Year
Laura Owen, Ph.D.
Executive Director for the Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment
San Diego State University

Exemplary School Counseling Program of the Year
John Glenn High School
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Legislator of the Year
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assembly District 65, Orange County