First Somali-American Educator -Qorsho Hassan Wins ‘Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award’ : 2020

Qorsho Hassan is the First Somali-American educator to win the honour of ‘Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award’ 2020.

The award is sponsored by ‘Education Minnesota’ the state’s largest educator union.

Qorsho Hassan teaches 5th grade at the Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville. She was selected out of 134 nominees.

Qorsho Hassan, Minnesota’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, holds her makeshift award in front of the state Capitol Thursday night. The frame will be replaced with an engraved plaque. Credit: Jaida Grey Eagle | Sahan Journal

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