Pankaj Sharma, Neighbor

Pankaj Sharma is a history and government teacher at Niles North High School in Skokie, Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, and the President of the North Suburban Teachers Union, Local1274. He serves on the American Federation of K-12 Teachers Program and Policy Council and on the American Federation of Teachers Asian American and Pacific Islander Task Force.

He has won the Golden Apple Award for teaching, the Illinois State Treasurer’s Outstanding Service in Workforce and Labor Award, and the Illinois National History Day Behring Teacher of the Year Award. He has also been named Community Educator of the Year by the Illinois Directors of Student Activities and was selected to participate in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund teacher exchange program. Sharma also serves on the DePaul University Labor Education Center board.