{"id":155138,"date":"2026-09-09T08:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//?p=155138"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:27:08","slug":"ucf-alum-named-finalist-for-toyota-family-teacher-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//ucf-alum-named-finalist-for-toyota-family-teacher-of-the-year-award/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Alum Named Finalist for Toyota Family Teacher of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>When <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//ccie.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//2024/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//05/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//02/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//order-of-pegasus-winner-strives-for-excellence/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/"><strong>Nisha Phillip Malahoo /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201921MEd /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201924EdD</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//strong></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//a> was growing up, she struggled so much in mathematics that a teacher once told her she would never make it in life.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>Today, the double Knight /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2014 a graduate of both the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//ccie.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//lockheed-martin-academy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/">Lockheed Martin/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//UCF Mathematics and Science Academy (LMA)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//a> and the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//14-orange-county-k-8-stem-educators-graduate-with-doctorates-leadership-experience-in-mathematics-education/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/">UCF-OCPS Noyce Teacher Leader Academy</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//a> /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2014 is one of six finalists nationwide for the 2026 Toyota Family Teacher of the Year award.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>As part of a 30-year partnership between Toyota and the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), the award honors extraordinary educators nationwide whose approach to teaching focuses on building strong, multigenerational family-school partnerships that support student learning outcomes. 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(Photo by <strong>Danielle Hendrix /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201915 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201924MA</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//strong>)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<h2>A Change in Mindset</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>Malahoo remembers being kicked out of that same mathematics teacher/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s class for not completing homework she didn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019t understand. For years, she internalized the belief that she wouldn&#8217;t be successful.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>But after her daughter was born, Malahoo decided to go back to school to better her own understanding of math so she could one day help her children with it. While at UCF, she finally began to deconstruct what she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019d spent most of her life believing about herself.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>&#8220;My professors spoke life into me,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d Malahoo says. &#8220;Going through LMA made me realize it is OK to make mistakes, and it is OK to persevere. They broke down the work in a way that made it conceptual, meaningful and applicable to me. They were the type of teachers I never had./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>While at UCF, she was a recipient of the Order of Pegasus /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2014 the highest honor a UCF student can receive. She also got involved with the professional organization NCSM: Leadership in Mathematics Education and went on to present at its annual conference. In finding mentors and professors who built her up, Malahoo/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s growth as a mathematics educator was exponential.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I started emulating my professors&#8217; way of teaching. Because of them, I became the teacher that I never had&#8230; /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2014 Nisha Phillip Malahoo</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//blockquote>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>&#8220;What one teacher broke, another one fixed,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cMy mindset changed, and I started emulating my professors&#8217; way of teaching. Because of them, I became the teacher that I never had, and then I was able to turn around and help children develop positive relationships with math at an earlier age. I owe everything to them, and to the LMA and Noyce programs. They&#8217;ve given me leadership capabilities and an example of what to follow./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p><a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//ccie.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//person/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//sarah-bush/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/">Sarah Bush</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//a>, professor of K-12 STEM education, met Malahoo eight years ago during her first semester pursuing a master/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s degree in K-8 mathematics and science education through LMA. 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(Photo by Danielle Hendrix /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201915 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201924MA)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<h2>Creating Mathematicians, Empowering Communities</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>That experience further primed her to become a champion for her own third-grade students at Pinewood Elementary School. For the past seven years, Malahoo has also served as a partner-in-education coordinator with local nonprofit Above and Beyond for Change, which educates and empowers local youth by connecting them with community resources.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>She recently transitioned out of the classroom and into a full-time leadership position with the nonprofit. As its director of education programs and community engagement, she is now able to expand school-community partnership and educational programming, as well as access to resources for students and families. She even gets to stay at Pinewood in a liaison role.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cIt is the most amazing nonprofit that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s giving me the space to do this work,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cThey gave me a platform where I could share the needs of our school, leverage connections, and tap into those resources to bring it back to our students and families./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>The impact has been substantial. Through Malahoo/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s work and partnership with Above and Beyond for Change, family engagement at Pinewood grew from a handful of families attending school events to hundreds. Her passion for mathematics has driven multiple initiatives to make it more relatable for her students and more conducive to family and community involvement.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>One such program, Monster Math Night, takes place in partnership with the local Publix each year around Halloween. Parents, teachers and students dress up in their costumes and meet at the local Publix, where they work together on learning to use math in a real-life situation with a budget worksheet and finding the best deals.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cIf you make learning conceptual, something that makes sense to them and in their lives, trust me, they&#8217;re going to learn,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d Malahoo says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cThe kids are seeing math in real life, with their parents and even random shoppers doing math with them. It&#8217;s bringing back that wonder, joy and beauty of math. It validates everybody&#8217;s background and their math knowledge, and now the whole community is getting involved./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>Such moments make the effort that goes into them even more important. With the national spotlight now on Malahoo&#8217;s work in her recognition as a Toyota Family Teacher of the Year finalist, she hopes to be able to create more spaces and educational opportunities that bridge gaps between families, communities and schools /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2014 and invites anyone who would like to collaborate in doing so to reach out to her.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cBeing in this space where I can bring all these pieces together brings me such joy, but by no means do I do this on my own,&#8221; she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u201cThere/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/155138/u2019s a network of community helpers, volunteers and teachers who support our efforts. This recognition makes me feel like the work that we do at Pinewood is seen, valued and appreciated. 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