2025 Jimmy Awards

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Inspiring Teacher Award

The Jimmy Awards congratulates the recipients of the 2025 Inspiring Teacher Award, which honors educators for providing valuable guidance and encouragement to their students and school communities. The honorees were nominated for this recognition last spring by 2024 Jimmy Awards nominees and subsequently selected by a committee of Broadway League members. Presented in memory of Luigi Caiola, this year’s recipients are Elena Ferrante-Martin, Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas, NV) and KoKo M. Thornton, Enloe High School (Durham, NC).

Student Reporters

The 2025 Jimmy Awards Student Reporter initiative with support from Broadway News welcomes two student reporters to NYC. Jayden Hope Fernando from the Rita Moreno Awards (San Jose, CA) and Jose Antonio Morales from The Majestic Empire Foundation's Joci Awards (San Antonio, TX) were selected following a nationwide submissions process and will cover The Jimmy Awards on social media from The Minskoff Theatre on June 23rd, providing fans an inside look at the final preparations for the evening performance. Jayden and Jose will also conduct exclusive interviews with the 2025 Best Actor and Best Actress winners following the awards ceremony. As part of the experience, they will be granted a special visit to the WABC studios to observe the behind-the-scenes production of an upcoming news segment.