At Olive-Harvey College, Jedidiah is a business management and economics student who wears many hats — student-athlete, peer tutor, and campus leader. Originally from Toronto, Canada, he chose City Colleges of Chicago to pursue his academic goals while continuing his basketball career and preparing for what’s next.

Elisabethe has always been guided by her parents and her calling to serve others.

For eight years, Darcy stood at the front of a middle school science classroom, guiding students through labs and lessons. But when the pandemic forced her into remote teaching, she found herself both burnt out and unexpectedly drawn to the technology she was using.

Through Wright’s engineering program, I committed to computer science, a field I had long been curious about but never fully envisioned for myself at a top engineering institution.

For Angel, a college education has always been a personal goal and a family milestone.