Linda M. Alvarez '22

has been named the 2026 Vermont Teacher of the Year by the Vermont Agency of Education. Linda has been a Business and Entrepreneurship teacher at the Windham Regional Career Center in Brattleboro for 4 years and is the first Career Technical Education (CTE) educator to receive this award in Vermont. She received her MBA from Fitchburg State in 2022. Beyond the classroom, Linda serves as a Future Business Leaders of America advisor, a member of the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Special Education Parent Advisory Council, and an adjunct professor at Vermont State University, Community College of Vermont.