“The school I attended on the Lower East Side was one of the worst-performing schools and was known as a dropout factory,” recalls the now assistant professor of Educational and Community Programs at the City University of New York’s Queens College. Genao notes that there was one particular teacher who helped her see her potential — Ms. Irene Moore.
“When I was in high school, Ms. Irene Moore cared so much about the students,” says Genao. “She walked around to classrooms asking if they wanted to do internships and was a very caring teacher.”
