Orange County Math Teacher Among Finalists for Presidential Award

The Orange County Department of Education campus in Costa Mesa, Calif., on July 7, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The California finalists for the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching have been announced—and an Orange County teacher is among them.

Leslie Whitaker, a third-grade teacher in the Capistrano Unified School District, is one of three finalists in the mathematics category. Whitaker is based at Esencia Elementary in Rancho Mission Viejo.