I noticed that the farther we went, the closer and more frequent were his admonitions that I should have taken a taxi. That was a year ago. She's still waiting to run into the last Good Samaritan again. Since then, Bernhart has been teaching computer literacy at the Erie Neighborhood House in a Hispanic neighborhood. Teenagers use the Erie House computer lab to do homework, improving their grades and becoming computer literate at the same time.
Older students use the facility at night.
What they learn will help them get better jobs, as Latino businesses are becoming more and more computer-reliant. Bernhart graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in her hometown of Rochester, N.Y., majoring in writing and illustration. She teaches her students both graphic design programs and English composition. She also teaches her students to become lab assistants in order for them to teach computers to others, in the hope of creating a pyramid effect. It was appropriate that her time in Chicago began with an experience with Good Samaritans, since being one is important to Bernhart.