Sonoma County has its first arts educator of the year. The Luther Burbank Center and Creative Sonoma have given the honor to Analy High School’s Jolene Johnson. A resident of Santa Rosa for 40 years and an educator in Sonoma County since 2009, Johnson is a dance teacher at Analy High School in Sebastopol and at Santa Rosa Junior College. She also teaches dance at the Movement Lab in Santa Rosa and has taught at the elementary school level in the county. Honorable mention awards also were given to Efraín Nava of Elsie Allen High School, Kyle Thompson from Cesar Chavez Language Academy, Yoshi Makino from Geyserville New Tech Academy, and Jessica Martin from West Side Elementary.
Analy High School Teacher Named the First Sonoma County Arts Educator of the Year
