@jpuicon

I am the 2025 AHA Beveridge Family Teaching Award winner

My Telemundo Interview (in Spanish) - Nueva Jersey incluirá la historia, cultura y aportes de la comunidad hispana en el currículo escolar público. – Telemundo New York (47)

I'm featured in NJ Spotlight News - New Law Requires Teaching of Latino History in K-12 Classrooms in NJ

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I am the 2024 NJ History Teacher of the Year | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

I am the recipient of the 2023 NJ Studies Academic Alliance Teaching Award

Honored to receive the Rutgers - School of Graduate Studies Excellence in Outreach and Service Award

Rutgers CLAS Press Release - Puicon Wins AHA Beveridge Teaching Award

Newark Board of Education Press Release - NJ History Teacher of the Year

Bard College Press Release - NJ History Teacher of the Year

My dedication to education in Newark is spotlighted in "Meet the scholars working with real people on real problems" - University World News

My alma mater spotlights my teaching and service - Union College Magazine

Read my article - "Teaching the Truth Means Embracing the Community"

Examine my curriculum work with the Pulitzer Center