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This Impact Advocate Award recognizes an individual who is actively engaged professionally or as a volunteer in work that positively affects the status and well-being of Florida’s young children, teens, and families, locally or at the state level.

We are proud of all our 2025 Impact Advocate nominees listed below, for their hard work and dedicated efforts! Thank you for everything you’ve done for your communities and across the state.

Congratulations again to 2024 and inaugural Impact Advocate Award Recipient, James R. Haj (The Children’s Trust), for his incredible work across Miami-Dade.

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Dr. Saralyn Grass
Kids Hope Alliance
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Sharon Hughes
YMCA of South Florida, L.A. Lee/Mizell Community Center Branch
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Stacy Gromatski
Florida Network of Youth and Family Services
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Debra Harris
Making Miracles Group Home
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Christian Minor
Florida Juvenile Justice Association
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Tina Gill
Castles of Imagination Preschool
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Paul Mitchell
Southern Strategy Group
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Penny Frederick
Selby Preschool at The Haven
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Dr. Jose L. Dotres
Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS)
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Felicia Harris
Hope Academy International
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Kathleen Bennett
Together Tallahassee
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Dan and Rebecca Burd
Speak Life End Bullying
JR Minter_Impact Nom
JR Minter
Selfless Love Foundation
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Megan Rose
Better Together