ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. –
Dr. Stefan Bean, the Orange County Superintendent of Schools, has a unique connection with each student he meets, shaped by his own remarkable life journey from the streets of Saigon to leading one of Southern California’s top educational institutions.
Dr. Bean defies the odds
What we know:
Paralyzed as a toddler after contracting polio, Bean was abandoned by his family during the Vietnam War and taken in by an orphanage. “I remember dragging all around the floor of the orphanage,” Bean recalled. “We slept on the floor, so I would just drag up to where my area was and sleep there.”…