Volume 167, No. 87, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“TRIBUTE TO JULIANA URTUBEY” mentioning Catherine Cortez Masto was published in the Senate section on pages S2776-S2777 on May 19.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO JULIANA URTUBEY
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Mr. President, I rise to recognize Juliana Urtubey, an outstanding Nevada educator and the 2021 National Teacher of the Year.
Each year, the Council of Chief State School Officers honors one incredible educator as the National Teacher of the Year. This honor is the most prestigious recognition for teachers in the country, and I am proud to honor Ms. Urtubey’s achievement today. Juliana Urtubey is the first Latina Teacher of the Year candidate from the State of Nevada, the first Latina national finalist since 1992, and the first Nevada Teacher of the Year awardee in the history of the program. In addition, Ms. Urtubey is only the third special educator to receive this amazing honor.
Ms. Urtubey has been an educator for 11 years and teaches at Kermit R. Booker, Sr. Innovative Elementary School in Las Vegas, NV. There, she serves as a special education co-teacher for the prekindergarten through fifth grade levels and as an instructional strategist in developing supports to meet students’ differing academic, social-
emotional, and behavioral needs.
Ms. Urtubey is also a national board certified teacher and holds a bachelor’s degree in bilingual elementary education and a master’s degree in special bilingual education. Through her impressive teaching career, Juliana Urtubey has also held the role of board of directors member and teaching fellow with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, senior policy fellow with Nevada Teach Plus, and teacher fellow with the organization Understood.
In the classroom, Ms. Urtubey is also known as Ms. Earth for her work in unifying the community through murals and gardens in local schools. In this pursuit, Ms. Urtubey played a significant role in fundraising for garden programs at two Las Vegas schools.
I ask my colleagues to join in me celebrating this achievement. Ms. Urtubey’s work in the classroom and for our students is an example to all of us who wish to improve the lives of others and better our communities.
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