News Release

December 10, 2025

Nebraska Students Awarded Seals of Biliteracy

The Nebraska Department of Education and the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy Advisory Committee are proud to announce that 198 Seals of Biliteracy have been awarded to 197 Nebraska students in the November round of 2025. These prestigious awards recognize high school students who have achieved a high level of proficiency in English and at least one other language.

The Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy honors students who have embraced this vital skill, demonstrating their proficiency based on the Nebraska World Language Standards, which emphasize communication, cultures, connections, communities, and cognition within a language other than English.

For the November 2025 awards, students showcased their knowledge in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Below are their names, printed with parent permission.

2025 August Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy Recipients

Aaron Marquez-Renteria	Omaha South	Spanish
Aaron Moreno Tellez	Omaha South	Spanish
Abby Kruse	Lincoln High School	French
Abel Diaz	Omaha South	Spanish
Abigail Castro-AP	Omaha South	Spanish
Adamaris Ramirez	Omaha South	Spanish
Alan Garcia-Vazquez	Omaha South	Spanish
Alexa Flores Fierros	Omaha South	Spanish
Alexandra Elizabeth Miranda	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Alin Aide Vazquez Hernandez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Alissa Dockery	CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Aliyah Hernandez	Omaha South	Spanish
Alma Ramirez Hernandez	Omaha South	Spanish
Alonso Mora-Lopez	Omaha South	Spanish
Alvaro Orozco	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Amelia Schupbach	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
America Crystal Delgado Antunez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
America Martha-Clemente	Omaha South	Spanish
Anahi Razo Leon	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Andrea Chacon Herrera	Omaha South	Spanish
Angela Felipe Nicolas	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Anna Aragon-Bustillos	CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Ashley Bernal Mejia	Omaha South	Spanish
Ashley Milla Lujan	Wilber-Clatonia	Spanish
Ashley Yaritzel Gomez Garcia	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Ava Yang	Omaha South	Spanish
Azalia Heider	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Azul Coral Hernandez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Belinda Hurtado Gallegos	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Brandon Roberts Gutierrez	Omaha South	Spanish
Brianna Guadalupe Ixta Perez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Brittany Torres Alarcon	Wilber-Clatonia	Spanish
Bryan Diego-Lorenzo	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Bryan Lara Camacho	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Cameron Barona	Omaha South	Spanish
Camila Martinez Gutierrez	Omaha South	Spanish
Carla Castro Castellanos	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Catalina Zacarias	Omaha South	Spanish
Charim Gabriela Servin Maciel	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Christopher Mendoza	NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Christopher Morales-Jimenes	Omaha South	Spanish
Clara Ruiz Jimenez	Omaha South	Spanish
Clio Baird	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Daniela Blanco Delgado	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Daniela Mejia-Alvarez	Omaha South	Spanish
David Diaz Hinojosa	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Dayra Ibarria Gamez	Omaha South	Spanish
Delia Thompson	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Diana Flores Hernandez	Omaha South	Spanish
Diana Garcia Vega	Omaha South	Spanish
Diana Lopez-Martinez	Omaha South	Spanish
Didier Solano	Omaha South	Spanish
Dominic Kennedy	Omaha South	Spanish
Edward Garcia-Marin	Omaha South	Spanish
Eli Moody	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Elizabeth Gabriel Pintor	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Elizabeth Hernandez Ortega	Omaha South	Spanish
Elizabeth Sidders	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Ella Christensen	MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Emele Ratumaimuri	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Emilio Avendano Vega	Omaha South	Spanish
Emily Cruz Sanchez	ST EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Emily Ramirez Puentes	Omaha South	Spanish
Emmanuel Galindo	Omaha South	Spanish
Erica Nesja	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Erick Perlera	Omaha South	Spanish
Erick Ruiz-Dominguez	Omaha South	Spanish
Erik Ascencio	Omaha South	Spanish
Esperanza Castro Pastrana	Omaha Central	Spanish
Eva Raymundo Paiz	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Evelyn Valdovinos	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Evelyn Velazquez-Becerra	Omaha South	Spanish
Fatima Moreno Treviño	Omaha South	Spanish
Frank Bomberger	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Genevieve Hodoly	Omaha South	Spanish
Hamzah Alsaleem	CREIGHTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL	Spanish
Hector Silva	Omaha South	Spanish
Hillary Esquivel Cortes	MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Hugo Hernandez Lara	Omaha South	Spanish
Isabel Juan-Ramos	Omaha South	Spanish
Isabelle Watkins	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	French
Isela Acosta Sanchez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Issac Hernandez-Santiago	Hartington-Newcastle School	Spanish
Jack Diaz	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Jackelyn Garcia Yucute	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Jacquelin Aguilar	Omaha South	Spanish
Jacqueline Chavez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Jacqueline Mujica Arroyo	Omaha South	Spanish
Jaime Rodriguez	Omaha South	Spanish
Jatziry Sandoval Reyna	Omaha South	Spanish
Jazlynne Cardenaz Rodriguez	Omaha South	Spanish
Jennifer Ceballos Espinoza	Omaha South	Spanish
Jeremy Amaya Bonilla	Omaha South	Spanish
Jesenia Pedroza Sotelo	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Jesus Buenrostro De Anda	Omaha South	Spanish
Jocelyn Cabellos	Omaha South	Spanish
Jocelyn Mas-Rodriguez	Omaha South	Spanish
Jocelyn Viveros	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Joel Martinez Lopez	Omaha South	Spanish
Johnny Barriga Barajas	Omaha South	Spanish
Jonathan Castanon	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Jonathan Laghrib	WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	French
Joshua Torres	Omaha South	Spanish
Jourdan Ann Blum	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Juan Moreno Anacleto	Omaha South	Spanish
Juan Pablo Magana Garcia	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Julian Brown	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Karla Leticia Francisco Diego	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Katherin Xicara Ramos	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Kelly Rodriguez Garcia	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Kevin Sanchez Barrios	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Kimberly Dayana Miranda-Juarez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Kimberly Fuentes Ochoa	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Kimberly Rodriguez Salcido	Wilber-Clatonia	Spanish
Kristopher Plascencia-Loza	Omaha South	Spanish
Leandro Magaña Magaña	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Leonardo Quezada-Almaraz	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Lily McEntarffer	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Lincy Lopez Perez	Grand Island Senior High	Spanish
Lisette Irene Esteban	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Lorianna Martinez-Sanchez	Omaha South	Spanish
Maddy Amundsen	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Manny Valadez Campos	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Marely Barrera Bustamante	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Marely Cisneros-Villanueva	Omaha South	Spanish
Maria Del Carmen Perez Perea	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Maria Ramos Vazquez	Omaha South	Spanish
Mariana Guadalupe Gomez	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Marione Forlemu	Lincoln High School	French
Martin Nuno Lozano	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Mayel Flores Rojas	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
McKenzie James	WESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Melisa Aguilar Calderon	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Melvin Lepe Tellez	Omaha South	Spanish
Miguel Garcia	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Natalie Leahy	JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL AT PALMYRA	Spanish
Natalie Villanueva	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Nataly Hernandez Pineda	Omaha South	Spanish
Navy Havel	CHASE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Nelly Banda Ochoa-ap	Omaha South	Spanish
Noeli Monarrez	Omaha South	Spanish
Olivia Reardon	ST EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Omran Smoqy	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Oscar Molina-Alfaro	Omaha South	Spanish
Oscar Zarazua Reyes	Omaha South	Spanish
Paola Dennise Palma	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Philipp Georg Antony Groeger	LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL	German
Pranavi Prakash	MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Rachel Ma	MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Chinese
Rafael Ramirez-Vazquez	Omaha South	Spanish
Ralph Wichman	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Raquel Fuentes	Omaha South	Spanish
Raticha Wongummarukchok	LINCOLN EAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Regina Sotelo-Flores	Omaha South	Spanish
Rosa Castillo-Tobar	Omaha South	Spanish
Ryan Kubiak	Omaha South	Spanish
Santiago Lugo Aquino	NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sarah Nava Rios	Omaha South	Spanish
Sarah Robey	MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Saul Miranda Melgar	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Saul Munoz Macias	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sebastian Aracena	Lincoln High School	Spanish
Sebastian Lugo Aquino	NORFOLK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sergio Hernandez Cabrera	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sherlin Fonseca Ramos	SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sierra Thomas	NORTH HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Simon Ronquillo	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Sofia Benavidez Sandoval	Omaha South	Spanish
Sophia Lee	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Sophia Ramirez	WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Soraya Contreras	Omaha South	Spanish
Stanley Allen	DAVID CITY SECONDARY SCHOOL	Spanish
Stephanie Diaz	Omaha South	Spanish
Stephanie Gomez Cerda	Buena Vista High School	Spanish
Tae Gott	Omaha South	Spanish
Valeria Hermosillo	South Sioux City School	Spanish
Valeria Orozco Lumbrano	BRYAN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish
Valerie Meraz-Bueno	Omaha South	Spanish
Vanessa Guzman	Omaha South	Spanish
Vanessa Regalado Lopez	Omaha South	Spanish
Victor Garcia Barcenas	Omaha South	Spanish
Xiomara Chaidez Rodriguez	Omaha South	Spanish
Yaretzy Soto	Omaha South	Spanish
Yaritzel Ramirez Puc	Omaha South	Spanish
Yazmin Perez Gutierrez	Omaha South	Spanish
Yolotzin Vargas	Omaha South	Spanish
Zailiana Ana Grace Fisher	BISHOP NEUMANN HIGH SCHOOL	Spanish

 

 

More information about the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy can be found online at: www.education.ne.gov/worldlanguage/nebraska-seal-of-biliteracy.

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