Leilehua's Jackie Freitas takes unlikely path to Teacher of

Freitas, 36, was selected from a field of 16 finalists representing the best of the state’s 13,000-plus public school teachers, and will represent Hawaii in the National Teacher of the Year Program in the spring.

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