“He said, ‘You make sure you call that teacher.’”

Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.

“At the time, I was tutoring at an
after-school program…”

Ayodeji Ogunniyi remembers how the murder of his father led him to a new career.

“I wasn’t like other kids.”

Nineteen-year-old Noe Rueda (R) talks to his high school economics teacher, Alex Fernandez (L), about growing up poor in Chicago.

“There was no doubt in my mind, I was going to work along side of my dad, my granddad, my uncles.”

Retired teacher George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ.