kaitlin roig-debellis has gotten up to $5,000.heers and applause] it's good to have you here. >> great to be here. >> and you're finding out what every contestant finds out; it's difficult under the lights. >> very difficult. >> um, h--when did you know you wanted to be a teacher? >> oh, my entire life. my earliest memories-- three and four, acting out being a teacher with my stuffed animals. at five, i asked my dad if i could babysit our neighbor who was three. i was told no, which was very discouraging. i started out as a mother's helper at 10. literally held every job imaginable until leaving for college. got my masters in elementary ed and-- >> so you had blinders on? just like, this is what you were meant to do. >> i had tunnel vision 100%. >> you were meant to be a teacher. >> absolutely. >> well, we are all the better for it, and glad you're here today. >> so happy to be here. >> i'm glad you're doing so well at $5,000. you only ud and you can only add to that bank now. >> okay. >> so let's do it, and let's play "who wants

from greenwich, connecticut, please give it up for kaitlin roig-debellis.ow you doing? >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you as well. [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> [sighs] >> welcome to "millionaire." >> thank you. >> honored to have you. >> honored to be here. >> go back to 2012. you know, that day that i'm sure just started like any other and turned into such a tragedy. and you ended up saving, through your bravery-- um, and i know you don't like being called a hero-- but through your bravery, saved the lives of your students that day. >> angels, for sure. you know? i'm a teacher. my students are my responsibility. their safety, obviously, the most important one of my responsibilities, so i did what any teacher would have done. >> um... [cheers and applause] and since then... >> mm-hmm. >> i know you have been speaking and i know you have, probably, you know, been sought after and you have talked a lot-- what has life been like after? >> i founded a nonprofit called classes 4 classes that is based on teaching students k-8 in our coun