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.

Arthur Lathan

Shreveport, 2001
The tragic death of a local teen spurred postal worker Arthur Lathan in the mid 1990s to use his own funds to create a c...

Mary Crawford LeBlanc

Baton Rouge, 1999
In 1999, Mary LeBlanc served as faculty advisor to Woodlawn High School’s National Honor Society and newspaper in addi...

Marlene LeBoeuf

Lafayette, 1995
Marlene LeBeouf was honored in 1995 for her work as a home economics teacher whose commitment to her students extended b...

Bivian “Sonny” Lee, III

New Orleans, 2015
Sonny Lee founded Son of a Saint in 2011 in honor of his mother and late father, former New Orleans Saints cornerback Bi...

Janet Leslie

Baton Rouge, 2009
Janet Leslie founded and runs the JL Foundation, an organization that helps families with loved ones fighting Leukemia....

Mo Leverett

New Orleans, 1996
Mo Leverett is founder and director of Desire Street Ministries. He created the organization to help low-income youth de...

Dr. Marybeth Lima

Baton Rouge, 2020
As a professor of biological and agricultural engineering, Dr. Marybeth Lima needed a way to give her students a hands-o...

John Lombardo

Houma, 2016
After joining his high school’s Key Club, John Lombardo learned a lifelong joy in volunteering and serving the needs o...

Gaylynne Mack

Baton Rouge, 2012
Gaylynne Mack of Baton Rouge, executive director of Big Buddy of Baton Rouge. Mack has worked with the organization, whi...

Dr. Calvin Mackie

New Orleans, 2020
Dr. Calvin Mackie has four degrees in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). So it was qu...

Kristen Maddox

Baton Rouge, 2015
Kristen Maddox founded A Door of Hope, a faith-based, non-profit organization in Denham Springs that helps its clients b...