Courtney L. Cochran is a National Board Certified Spanish teacher in Van Buren, Arkansas, and the 2017 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. She has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Arkansas State University. Courtney has spent the past eleven years building a variety of programs in the Van Buren School District, including the AP Spanish and Spanish for Heritage Learners programs.