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Star Teacher: Jessamyn Lovell

This article is about a teacher in central New York with a rough childhood in which she experienced a father who worked odd jobs (and eventually left the family) along with a mom who had to raise her along with 4 other children. Lovell says survival was the main concern for her, and going to school and doing the correct & moral thing were more of a secondary concern rather than one of the most important ones. The only thing lovell's father left was a black and white camera, from which her love of photography sprouted. She began by photographing everyday activities in her house, then moved along to nature, and eventually moved on along to photographing public events and pictures that would capture a certain feeling or emotion. Eventually she became a freelance photographer, and when that wasn't enough to be self-sufficient, she started studying to teach photography, although her initial goal was to become a professional photographer. She ended up teaching photography, and helping steer kids in the inner city in the correct direction to become economically self sufficient.