Congratulations to the Mirror’s own Alice Ollstein for being one of the winners of Oprah’s National High School Essay Contest. Her winning essay was on Elie Wiesel’s book, Night. Alice will be taped on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Monday, April 25th and the show will air in May. Well done, Alice.
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