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Angelica Gunderson, You're a CA Milken Educator

Los Alisos S.T.E.M. Magnet Middle School has a special visitor today: California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who is here for an assembly to commend students and staff on a successful year. But there's another guest waiting in the wings—and a big secret! When Milken Educator Awards Senior Program Director Greg Gallagher surprises science teacher Angelica Gunderson with California's $25,000 Milken Award, the first ever awarded in the district, no one is more shocked than the recipient herself.