California middle school teacher Leah Seneng, who died a month after a bat bit her inside a classroom, was remembered by friends and colleagues as "dedicated" and a "lover of life."

Leah Seneng, a Central California teacher, died from rabies after she was bitten last month by a bat that she found in her classroom.

A California art teacher died after contracting rabies from a bat who bit her as she was trying to remove it from her classroom without harm.