Who is Jacqueline Ma? Teacher of the Year arrested for misconduct with 13-year old
Samuel Coleman
Published Jan 17, 2026
The Public City Police Office in California declared on Thursday, Walk 9, 2023, that they had captured Jacqueline Mama. The Educator of the Honor victor was captured for purportedly having an improper relationship with a 13-year-old.
Trigger admonition: This article contains notices of s*xual double-dealing of a minor. Caution is encouraged.
As indicated by the New York Post, 34-year-old Jacqueline Mama is a 6th grade educator at Public City’s Lincoln Sections of land Primary School. Supposedly, family members of Mama’s understudies expressed that she kept in touch with individuals from her group.
The relatives at first felt that the instructor was keeping in touch with the casualty over text since she was evidently a mindful educator. Nonetheless, over the long run, they started becoming dubious of her goals.
Jacqueline Mama is as of now having to deal with six crime penalties connected with unseemly lead with the 13-year-old.
The school locale she worked in reported that she is no longer with them. They likewise said that they are looking for a substitution for her.
As per her LinkedIn profile, Jacqueline Mama has broad experience as an educator, and was engaged with example arranging and study hall the board systems. She was granted the Educator of the Year grant in 2022 while working in San Diego, California.
At the point when she’d won the honor, Mama had expressed that keeping up with cozy connections was vital to her showing system, as indicated by NBC7. The guardians of Mama’s understudies said that they at first accepted that her cozy relationship with her understudies assisted her with come by great outcomes in the study hall.
In any case, a previous understudy’s sister remarked on how she turned out to be progressively worried about it over the long run. Aileen Carillo, the more seasoned sister of one of Mama’s understudies, said:
Aileen said that she asked her mom for what good reason the instructor was continually messaging the previous’ brother. Jacqueline was in touch with the understudy’s mom too, yet Aileen reviewed that the educator was continually determining the status of her brother.
Carillo at first accepted that it was pleasant that the educator truly minded. She noticed that while she has had a great deal of effective instructors, they “didn’t need to be simply close.”
The Public City Police declared that a parent of the 13-year-old casualty communicated her doubts to experts on Walk 6, 2023. The next day, specialists created reasonable justification to capture Mama while she was nearby.
34-year-old “Teacher of the Year”
Jacqueline Ma arrested for alleged sexual abuse of former student 👀— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) March 10, 2023
In an authority proclamation, Locale Director Leighangela Brady said that they are just mindful of one casualty for the situation. Specialists affirmed that the casualty no longer goes to the school where Mama instructs.
Brady said that they know that the whole school local area is shocked by the information. She added that while the school region is helping out policing, is all they can say regarding the issue as the examination is as yet forthcoming.
Brady further noted: Jacqueline Mama has as of now been delivered on a $100,000 bond. She is normal back in court on Walk 14, 2023.