Leaders in Education Awards 2012- Mentor of the Year

Dr. Guzman is the director of community engagement at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She strongly supports arts education. She hosts, organizes, and chaperones events completely by herself and during after-school activities. Because LACHSA is a tuition-free public school, she has tirelessly combed L.A. County to spread the word of her high achieving school through every corner of LA County raising the numbers of applicants from 400 to 1100 in only 3 years-times. Dr. Guzman has been honored as the 2011 Mexican American Opportunity Foundations National Mentor of the Year -- Dr. Suzanna Guzman
Woman of the Year and the 2011 Bank of America local hero for her work with emerging artists, for donating performances to the community, for mentoring young musicians and helping underserved high school students with preparing for college interviews and auditions. http://www.hsf.net/LEA2012_awardees.aspx

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