[cheers and applause] >> english teacher loren jensen is this year's recipient of the national milliken educator award which is presented every year by the milliken family foundation. >> we search the entire country looking for teachers that would be the best representatives of what our country stands for. commitment to the future, going above and beyond with the students. >> there isn't anything i could imagine myself doing other isn't teaching. i live and breathe it. >> reporter: the goal of the award is to attack -- attract and retain outstanding teachers. in the last 28 years there foundation has debt of more than $137 million towards the award. >> hi want to thank you for your dedication to our students, to our community. >> i put my heart and soul into the job and i appreciate going to work every single day. >> linda schmidt, fox 5 news. >> that translates. people remember those teachers. hopefully everybody has one feature in their life that they -- i know mine from all different years and completely revamp the way you think, the way you learn, congratulations. still to come on "