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Alexandria, Va. – March 8, 2025 - AASA, ÂÜÀòÍø, is pleased to announce that seven of the nation’s outstanding graduate students in educational administration have been selected to receive scholarships.

The ÂÜÀòÍøEducational Administration Scholarship was created in 1949 to provide incentives, recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students in school administration who intend to make the school superintendency a career. ÂÜÀòÍøselects recipients on the basis of their experience and excellence in school administration, personal essays and recommendations from university faculty.

Each beneficiary received a $2,500 scholarship given in honor of AASA’s former executive directors — Sherwood D. Shankland, Worth McClure, Finis E. Engleman, Forrest E. Connor, Paul B. Salmon, Richard D. Miller and Paul D. Houston.

The 2025 scholarship recipients are:

• Norma G. Garcia - Director of the multi-language department at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District in Harlingen, Texas. She is pursuing her superintendent certification at the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas.
• Casey Ngo-Miller - Assistant superintendent for student services with Newton Public Schools in Newton, Mass. She is pursuing her Ed.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
• Nelson L. Render - Executive Officer of secondary schools with Bibb County School District in Macon, Ga. He is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership with a concentration on advanced leadership at Georgia State University.
• Lashon Sanford - Regional Director (Principal Supervisor) in Region South of Los Angeles Unified School District. She is pursuing a doctorate degree in educational leadership at Azusa Pacific University.
• Arman Sidhu - Education Policy Resident based in Chandler, Ariz., with ExcelinEd and the founder of iCubed Learning, a nonprofit microschool in Tempe, Ariz. He is pursuing an Ed.D. in leadership and innovation at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation.
• Adina Thea - Director of elementary language learning and fine arts at Highline Public Schools in Burien, Wash. She is pursuing a doctorate at University of Washington.
• Jesse Yeuk-Hay Tang - An is serving an intern with Deanne Galdston, superintendent of Watertown Public Schools in Watertown, Mass., in 2024-25 and will be a doctoral resident with Adrienne Battle, superintendent of Metro Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee in 2025-26. He is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is pursuing his Ed.L.D.

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About AASA 
AASA, ÂÜÀòÍø, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.