Transformational Scholars Third Cohort

Aug 13, 2024

Lyla Sherwood: ‘My Strong Connection and Love for Children and Learning Led Me to Choose Education’

Lyla Sherwood loved the teachers she had growing up in New Hanover County and, as an incoming Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow, is excited to one day return to the region as an educator.

Aug 13, 2024

Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow Braxton Cumbo: ‘What Inspires Me to Become a Teacher Is Seeing Personal Growth and Development’

Braxton Cumbo loves STEM and has a passion for teaching, which made the college's technology, engineering, and design education program the perfect fit for him. 

Aug 13, 2024

Transformational Scholar and Teaching Fellow Andrea Loera Valdez: ‘I Have a Supportive System of People Who Want to See Me Achieve My Dream of Becoming an Educator’

Andrea Loera Valdez, an incoming Teaching Fellow and Transformational Scholar, is excited to become part of a community that will prepare her to teach in eastern North Carolina, where she especially wants to support students who do not speak English as their first language.