Congratulations to Jorge Torres, for being awarded School Counselor of the Year, 2023 by the Washington School Counselor Association!

Jorge is a school counselor at Foster High School in the Tukwila School District, and he’s been an active member of Foster’s Forefront in the Schools Program (FIS) since 2017, demonstrating leadership, collaboration and innovation. In addition to receiving the state award this year, he has been named as one of five finalists for the National Association of School Counselors’ 2024 Counselor of the Year.

We’re incredibly grateful for Jorge’s partnership: in addition to his work as a school counselor, Jorge devoted many hours of his time to translating our LEARN® Suicide Prevention Training for Spanish-speaking Parents/Caregivers, including creating an online module our schools can offer to their parent communites. This Spanish-language curriculum has been widely adopted by school communities in our programs, and we couldn’t have developed it without him.

We are huge fans of Jorge and we’re excited that his outstanding work supporting and improving youth mental health has been recognized by this award!