‘I had no choice’ | She watched children die fleeing Eritrea. Now, she's starting over in Cincinnati

Linda Ford waves her hand over a Magic 8 Ball.I will tell your fortune, Ford said. For $10.She laughs, but quickly clarifies shes joking. She writes down "fortune teller" on a small white board. Ford sounds out the syllables with her students, many of whom worked the night shift before coming into class.Ask me a question, Ford said.She waves her hand again, and I ask if the work she does here is important. The ball flashes and turns blue.The answer is yes.WATCH: Go inside this ESL class for immigrants I had no choice | She watched children die fleeing Eritrea. Now, she's starting over in CincinnatiFord was a high school chemistry teacher for 45 years. Now, she volunteers at Heartfelt Tidbidts.Its a nonprofit organization that helps immigrants learn English, apply to jobs and study for citizenship tests. It does more than that, but staff there tell me what they do is about much more than free programming.Teaching is teaching, Ford said. And people are people.And this is a place where sh