Fighting Racism with Education By Lorna Oppedisano | Photography by Alice G. Patterson When YWCA executive director Fanny Patricia Villarreal Torres moved from her home country of Peru to the United States, she arrived with a sealed envelope from the...
Month: August 2018
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Nancy Avery Dafoe
The Power of Writing By Lorna Oppedisano | Photography by Paul Carmen From the moment she envisioned herself in an occupation, writer and English educator Nancy Avery Dafoe knew she would be a writer. “I wanted to do everything,” she...
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The Chef & The Cook
Culinary Education By Lorna Oppedisano | Photography by Steven J. Pallone Wife-and-husband team and culinary creatives DeAnna and Mark Germano met fellow chef Jason Jessmore when the three worked as the opening chef team at Sky Armory. Since their early...
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Marsha Tait
A Life Made for Literacy By Lorna Oppedisano | Photography by Paul Carmen Though Marsha Tait didn’t set out with the intent of developing a career in the world of adult literacy, looking back at her family history, one might...
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Cindy Ormond
Celebrating Love By Rachel Foster | Photography by Alice G. Patterson Cindy Ormond knows how to throw a good party. The owner of Ormond Entertainment, Cindy specializes in putting on memorable wedding receptions for couples throughout Central New York. It’s...
