During a Milken Educator Awards Notification, Lowell Milken asks one student at Balderas Elementary in Fresno, CA, to define the word “leader” for her classmates and teachers, while Lowell’s sister Joni Milken-Noah holds up a sign displaying the word for the audience. Those present in the auditorium are about to find out that a teacher at Balderas, Lou Xiong, will be receiving a Milken Educator Award. November, 2010.