LEON FORD is co-founder of The Hear Foundation. His organization is partnering with Pittsburgh Public Schools’ CTE Division. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.) The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Pittsburgh Public Schools’ Emergency Response Technology program, one of the programs offered under the district’s Career and Technical Education Division umbrella, has a new partner. A very well-known partner. A partner that has overcome his own set of challenges. Leon Ford is in full support of the high schoolers in the EMT program. He wants them to learn, be their