Farzad Ghelichkhani , 35, a teacher at John Adams High School in Ozone Park, NY is an exceptional teacher who has taught AP Biology, Living Environment, and Genetics in a school that ranks in the bottom 5% of New York State public education ranking list. He has helped many students in YABC night-school program where many over-aged students struggled. He helped students cope with stress and life issues by motivating them, building self-confidence, engaging them rigorously through lab experiments and plant cultivation and maintenance. Farzad Ghelichkhani has helped many students pass state exams including students with special needs and language barriers in a hostile, data-driven and political school atmosphere.