SNAPSHOT: Italian baker finds language and knowledge at Capital Region BOCES

SNAPSHOT: Italian baker finds language and knowledge at Capital Region BOCES

Less than a decade ago, Maria Therese Commisso was a baker in the coastal town of Siderno, Italy. In just a few days, she will be walking the stage of Hackett Middle School in Albany, having earned her High School Equivalency diploma and completed an English as a Second Language program, both through the Capital Region BOCES Adult Education Program. What’s next is a celebration as Commisso and more than 100 other adults take part in an Aug. 20 C…