A Connecticut couple, both teachers, adopted one of their students after witnessing him endure a painful disease that led them to discover he was in the foster care system. According to Good Morning America , Jenna Riccio, an elementary school teacher, didn’t know her life would change when a new student named Nate transferred to her class in December 2018. She met him while being a reading teacher at Walsh Elementary School and helped him get comfortable in his new environment.