Lee Wins Award, $10,000 for School
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Toriann V. Lee, who teaches English as a second language in the Brea Olinda Unified School District, recently was named a winner of the 1998 Reader’s Digest Heroes in Education awards.
Lee will receive $5,000 and Brea Olinda High School will receive $10,000 to support language programs.
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