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127 Hours star and Academy Award nominee James Franco admires high school teacher Esther Wojcicki for treating her journalism students like true professionals. “She showed me that I could take my dreams as seriously as I wanted.”


Esther loves to inspire her students: “Some students are afraid they cannot succeed, but if the teacher believes in them, they will believe in themselves.”

Behind Every Famous Person is a Fabulous Teacher.

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Paul Bovenzi
Paul was born in Rochester, New York and obtained his bachelor's degree at Hamilton College. He was a paraprofessional in the Rochester City School District before completing the coursework for his teaching certificate at State University of NY at Brockport. He moved to Rhode Island in 1996 and began teaching in West Warwick in 1997. He taught 12 years at the middle school level, and is currently the director of the district's Professional Development Academy.