Previous Sonoma County Spirit Award Recipients

2023 Spirit Award Recipients:

District 1: Maite Iturri, for dedicating her career to ensuring all students have access to resources and opportunity.
District 2: Dra. Mariana G. Martinez, for building bridges and forges unity through her leadership for education access. 
District 3: Alegria De La Cruz, for her committment to equity and justice for marginalized people. 
District 4: Letitia Hanke, for her dedication to expanding horizons for youths, especially female youth of color, access to traditionally male dominated careers.
District 5: MaDonna Feather-Cruz, for her advocacy for communities of color.

2022 Spirit Award Recipients:

District 1: Lisa Diaz-McQuaid, for her work empowering indigenous women and survivors of human trafficking.
District 2: Jasmine Palmer, for her work saving Athena House and its programs from closure earlier this year.
District 3: Nadia Leal, for her work supporting students and their families at Roseland Elementary School.
District 4: Brigitte Mansell, for her work mentoring young people and developing climate activism.
District 5: Dr. Roam Romagnoli, for their work as a professor teaching systems-impacted and incarcerated women.

2021 Spirit Award Recipients:

District 1: Larkin O’Leary, for her work with families with children with disabilities.
District 2: Dennis Pocekay, for his work with migrants and refugees.
District 3: Leslie Graves, for her work with the Women's March and related projects.
District 4: Alma Bowen, for her work preparing the community for emergencies.
District 5: Elizabeth (Liz) Quiroz, for her work with survivors of human trafficking.