The Meaning of Teaching By Jessica Bruneau | Photography by Alexis Emm Since I was very little, I’d wanted to be a teacher. I played school with my friends, my siblings, my dolls — with anyone willing to sit at a...
Year: 2018
A Taste of David’s Refuge
A Taste of Goodness Interview by Rachel Foster David’s Refuge is a nonprofit organization serving parents and guardians of children with special needs. The fifth annual A Taste of David’s Refuge fundraising event is planned for September 21. This event...
Fanny Villarreal
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...
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...
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...