Congratulations to high school English teacher Lorynn Guerrero, who has been named New Mexico’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. Photo Credit: New Mexico Public Education Department
Congratulations are due to Lorynn Guerrero, a high school Language Arts teacher from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She has been named her state’s 2022 Teacher of the Year.
Lorynn earned her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in English/Language Arts from New Mexico State University in 2005. She is currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program in Education Administration at Eastern New Mexico University, and will graduate in 2022. In addition, she is certified in teaching Advanced Placement in literature and composition from New Mexico Highland University and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Eastern New Mexico University.
Lorynn, who was raised in Las Cruces, inaugurated her teaching career in 2006 in Hatch, where she taught both middle and high school students. She joined Las Cruces Public Schools in 2012, first teaching at Organ Mountain High.
Currently, Lorynn Guerrero teaches English to high school students at the New America School Las Cruces, a charter high school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. She also coaches teen parents in a GRADS (graduation, reality, and dual-role skills) course. Approximately 150 traditional high school students are enrolled in the New America School, who attend from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. The charter high school also serves adults from ages 18 to 22, who attend classes from 5:30 pm through 8:30 pm and can earn a high school diploma.
“Ms. Guerrero is an outstanding teacher,” asserts New American School principal Margarita Leza Porter. “Her increased level of rigor, the setting of high expectations, and continual reflection on her teaching sets her apart from other educators,” Porter continues.
For her work in the classroom, Lorynn has earned many accolades. In 2021, as a member of the New America School staff, she was named the Champions of Children award by Jardin de Los Niños. In 2017, she was nominated for an Educators for Excellence by Tu Revista Latina magazine. Her first nomination for Teacher of the Year came in 2008, while she was teaching at Hatch Middle School.
