Past Honorees

The Angel Award Database is an archive of all those who have received the award since its inception in 1995. Click a year below to learn about our Angels.

Sarah Brabant

Lafayette, 2000
Sarah Brabant began helping children more than 15 years ago when she took her keen intuition and extensive knowledge of ...
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Mary “Betty” Braun

Houma, 2001
Known affectionately by her students as “Miss Mary,” Betty Braun had been an active volunteer at St. Charles Parish ...
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Nicki Armand Brignac

New Orleans, 2001
Named an Angel Award finalist at age 16, Nicole Armand had already faced more challenges than many people do in a lifeti...
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Sarah Broome

Baton Rouge, 2020
Early in her career as an educator, Sarah Broome realized that many students needed more attention and support than they...
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Chris Broussard

Shreveport, 2008
Broussard has championed children’s involvement in the arts and regional culture for two decades, filling a gap in Web...
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Phyllis M. Broussard

Baton Rouge, 2018
At work, Phyllis M. Broussard’s colleagues know her as a force of energy, with an infectious enthusiasm and a deep sen...
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Dorothy “Dot” Brown

Monroe, 2001
Children of death-row inmates are often victims themselves, forgotten or wrongly judged by society and more likely to wi...
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Helen Brown

New Orleans, 2005
As an 11-year-old weighing 65 pounds, Brown was abandoned at St. Elizabeth’s Orphanage. Eight years later she began he...
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Mary-Brent Brown

New Orleans, 2012
Mary-Brent Brown of Covington, who recently turned 17 but for the past five years has been running a non-profit group th...
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Sonya Brown

New Orleans, 2016
Sonya Brown is a dedicated social worker who has become a nationally recognized advocate for young people in foster care...
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Carolyn Carnahan

Baton Rouge, 2008
Carnahan founded Volunteers in Public Schools, believing that whether students are enrolled in private or public schools...
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Loren Carriere

Lafayette, 2016
Loren Carriere founded Hope for Opelousas, a ministry that works to actively empower a movement of hope grounded in the ...
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