VCU Alum Avanti Yamamoto, Who Pivoted From Medicine to Math, is Virginia's 2025 Teacher of the Year
May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, May 30 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Sian Wilkerson
Growing up as the daughter of Indian immigrants, Avanti Yamamoto knew exactly what was expected of her. She would go to school, get good grades and become a doctor. But after graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Yamamoto realized her path was heading in a different direction: She wanted to be a teacher.
"It's not a career tha . . .
By Sian Wilkerson
Growing up as the daughter of Indian immigrants, Avanti Yamamoto knew exactly what was expected of her. She would go to school, get good grades and become a doctor. But after graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Yamamoto realized her path was heading in a different direction: She wanted to be a teacher.
"It's not a career tha . . .