When FOX8 first met Damian Adame in May 2025, he was wrapping up the school year as a World History teacher at Page High School in Greensboro
“There’s a lot of emotions that go into it, right? There’s excitement because this is honestly something that I’ve wanted to do,” said Adame. “But at the same time, it’s also a little daunting.”
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At the time, Adame was preparing to embark on an eight-day Holocaust education trip to Poland. He was one of 34 public school teachers selected to travel overseas to Eastern Europe for an intensive course on the Holocaust at no cost to him.
“I feel like it puts a little bit of responsibility on me to make sure that I come back and fairly represent them in my classroom,” said Adame…