Most were Latino, and many were around the same ages as the teachers in Teach For America’s charter Orlando corps, who were spending their first full summer in the city. The night before, Latin Night at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, a gunman had gone to the club and shot to death 49 people. “You’ve seen it happen in so many other places, and now it’s your community, and these are your people.” She had no idea what he was talking about, so she looked at the news, “It’s surreal,” recalls Chianese, who grew up in Central Florida.
