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Misha Matsumoto Yee

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Department of History alumna Misha Matsumoto Yee was named the 2022 National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. She was selected from a nationwide pool of 6,008 nominated teachers.

Matsumoto Yee, a history teacher at St. Andrew’s Schools – The Priory in Honolulu, earned a master’s degree in American History from UH Mānoa. She will be honored on Tuesday, October 18, at a ceremony in New York City, which will also be livestreamed beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Matsumoto Yee will also receive a prize of $10,000 and will serve as an ambassador for the teaching community and a spokesperson on the importance of high-quality American history education for all, particularly students from underserved communities.

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