Meet the Semifinalists for 2027 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year!
The educator named 2027 district TOTY will officially serve from July 2026 - June 2027 and will apply to be the state TOTY in the fall of 2026.
Gwinnett County Public Schools congratulates the district's top 25 teachers, semifinalists for the county's 2027 Teacher of the Year (TOTY) competition. Please click on an educator's name (links below) to learn more about each of the semifinalists:
Photos by Glenn Martin of Glenn Martin Photography LLC
4th Row: Jimmesse A. Marshall, Kelly Mraz, Austin Hannon, Batavia Sumlin, and Leah Hester
3rd Row: Christine Marie Kennedy, Cindy Quinlan, Kelly Swanson, Mokota Turner, Stephanie Guynn, Marquiesha Pless Morris, and Laura Fey White
2nd Row: Kysha D. Owens, Rachel P. Turner, Becky Vandett, Mari-Grace Parillo White, Rita Preuss McGill, and Dr. Lisa Babbage
Front Row: Tram Nguyen, Kelly Rollocks, Dr. Stephanie Birmingham, Savannah Guzmán, Audrey Massey, Amanda Baker, and Dr. Candice Richardson
We brought the top 25 teachers together for the group photo, and each teacher's name is hyperlinked to an individual profile page. In the individual pages, you'll read a quote from the TOTY semifinalist and learn more about each honored educator. Each individual teacher is pictured with something— a teaching tool or symbol— that represents the classroom and that educator's career.