Favoritism is human nature, says Mark Payleitner, a business career program instructor at Computer Systems Institute.

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Mr. Hollander's team trained Mr. Baca as an instructor in the program, and in Iraq he will be joined by a longtime Dancing to Connect instructor Robin Cantrell.

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