Monroe Elementary counselor Alana Elliott has been named the 2026 L.A. County School Counselor of the Year, according to Monrovia Unified School District. She is also a finalist for the California Association of School Counselors’ 2027 School Counselor of the Year award.
Elliott provides individual and group counseling, classroom lessons and a student leadership program, and organizes family engagement events. The district says she was among its first elementary counselors assigned full time to a single school. She also serves as a CASC School Counselor Emerging Leader.
- Brad Haugaard