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.

Pamela Allen

Monroe, 2019

Pamela lost her eyesight to cancer as a toddler. Throughout her life, she witnes...

Miguel Alonso

New Orleans, 2021
In 2015, Miguel Alonso moved to the U.S. from Cuba, where he worked as a physician. Unable to practice medicine in the U...

Ron Anderson

Shreveport, 1997
Ron Anderson gave up a teaching post at Southern University in Shreveport to direct the Lighthouse program in Shreveport...

Janet Andrews

New Orleans, 2011
As founder of New Orleans Dance Collective, Janet Andrews provides positive alternatives for youth during non-school hou...

Pat Andrus

Lafayette, 2003
Tumultuous life experiences more than a quarter century ago in Pat Andrus’ life could have left her embittered; instea...

Al Andry

New Orleans, 2000
Al Andry was honored as founder and executive director of S.C.A.P. (Special Children Are Privileged). For more than 27 y...

Luis Arocha

New Orleans, 2018
Luis Arocha was working in his family’s mortgage business when his friend, Tim, recruited him to join the board of dir...

Charles Aswell III

Monroe, 1996
In 1996, Dr. Charles “Chuck” Aswell’s volunteered as a youth sports team physician and coach. A cardiologist and p...

Betsey Baldwin

Baton Rouge, 2009
Betsey Baldwin founded the Ascension Parish Inclusive League, a program that includes children with disabilities in recr...

Dr. Dierdre Barfield

Shreveport, 2019
In addition to her work as a senior medical director for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Dr. Barfield has volun...

Gerard Barousse, Jr.

New Orleans, 2016
Gerard Barousse, Jr. is founder and Chairman of the Bayou District Foundation, the lead organization in the planning and...

Mary Barrios

Monroe, 2023
“One of the things I hear Mary say often is ‘Everyone deserves to be at the tab...