A Pittsburgh-area fifth-grade teacher is back in her classroom three years after a health emergency threatened to end both her career and her life.
The young teacher is now turning her shocking brain cancer diagnosis into a purpose. Emily Di Cocco said she wakes up every day with a new appreciation for what that day can hold.
She’s a fifth-grade teacher at Canon-McMillan, back in front of the same classroom cancer forced her out of three years ago on a seemingly normal night…