Ermel Elementary Student Wins National Bilingual Essay Contest

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Teresa Boquer (center) poses with Ermel Elementary School Principal Lori Brooks (left) and Assistant Principal Elizabeth Cardozo.

Teresa Boquer, a student at Ermel Elementary, won the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) essay writing contest for her bilingual composition, Proud to Be Bilingual. She received a $500 prize and was honored at the 2025 NABE Conference Awards Luncheon, where she read her essay before a large audience. Boquer was also interviewed for NABE TV, highlighting her achievement on a national stage.

Teresa, whose family strongly believes in and supports biliteracy, is part of the first cohort of students in Aldine ISD’s two-way dual language (TWDL) program, which launched in the fall of 2019. Her younger siblings are also in the TWDL program.