Jonai Trumpler, a second-grade teacher at Keane Elementary School is a 1993 graduate of Schenectady High School. Jonai was inspired to become a teacher by the great teachers she had in Schenectady growing up.

"I went into teaching because I had amazing teachers. The teacher that inspired me the most was Mr. Ziskin. He was my ninth-grade English teacher and he passionately acted out each book for Shakespeare as he taught us about him."