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...
Category: Featured
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...
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...
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...
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...