Most Influential 2017: Cal State Fullerton’s Heiner helps ex-convicts get college degree

The valedictorian wore sneakers, a shoe choice frowned upon by the vice principal, who, truth be told, may have had less of a problem with the footwear than with what the valedictorian was about to tell his graduating class.
Just before he was supposed to take the stage to address Fresno’s Bullard High School’s class of 1997, Brady Heiner was confronted by the vice principal, who ordered a physical education teacher to detain him unless Heiner could switch to heeled shoes.
Brady Hein