About Felix Saji
Felix Saji is a fourth grade teacher at John V. Leigh School outside of Chicago and the Building Leadership Team and District Leadership Advisory Board Committee representative for his grade level. Felix attended the University of Illinois at Chicago for his undergraduate studies, receiving a B.A. in Elementary Education with endorsements in Mathematics and Middle Grades. He also attended the University of St. Francis, where he earned two master’s degrees in Teaching and Learning (with endorsements in ESL and TESOL) and in Leadership (with endorsements in Principal Leadership and Teacher Leader). Felix has taught at his current school for the last eight years and has been teaching the Ready curriculum in Math for the last six years and the Magnetic Reading curriculum for the last three years. Felix is a 2014 Golden Apple Scholar and 2023 Crystal Apple Award recipient. Through Golden Apple, Felix also mentors new teachers across Illinois. Education runs in his family—his dad was a teacher, as was his mother’s father. Growing up, he enjoyed teaching his younger cousins something new and always knew he wanted to become an elementary teacher. He is proud to say he fulfilled that dream.
