Christian ex-teacher scores big payday from California school district after refusing transgender directives

Jessica Tapia, a Christian former teacher fired for refusing to use "preferred pronouns" or hide students' gender identities from their parents, spoke to Fox News Digital after securing a $360,000 settlement from her former employer, California's Jurupa Unified School District, delivering a message to other educators of faith that "truth will win in the end." 

The settlement, finalized on Tuesday, comes about a year after Tapia initially sued in California federal court.

Tapia, who was involved with the Jurupa Unified School District for more than two decades, first as a student and then later as a teacher and coach, told Fox News Digital that "from the second that I was pulled into my first meeting with the district, I knew this was some serious spiritual warfare and just a battle on truth that we're seeing across the nation, especially in education and in and around children."