Students Succeed Everyday at CCC

After one year in Olive-Harvey College’s Pathway to Policing: One Year and Out program, Rashaunda Cooper is on her way…

Karen Sinchi-Sarmiento and her family moved to the U.S. from Ecuador when she was three-years-old. She attended Lakeview High School…

Once a first-generation college student herself, creating a supportive environment is at the top of Malcolm X College Dental Hygiene…

Moving to Chicago would mean living abroad for the first time in my life, but I did it—I moved to…

As a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and an ESL student at City Colleges, Fazel Ahad Ahadi is…

Ruben Lopez initially turned to City Colleges to learn English. Now, he's advancing his tech career in our cutting-edge Machine…

Guadalupe Rojas has been a Daley College student since she was three years old. Growing up, her father took English…

After graduating high school, I didn’t have a very solid plan for my next steps. I was attending college at Iowa…

When Yehiri Gonzalez was growing up, school didn’t feel like a safe space. As a future teacher, she wants to…

City Colleges of Chicago helped connect Maria Garcia to the tools she needed to succeed.

In 2016, Olivert Mbah’s life changed forever. That June, she moved to the U.S. from Cameroon. By August, she was…

Though his college journey hasn’t followed a straight line, Jonathan Gallegos, a mechatronics student at Daley College, says he’s now…

Feeling burnt out at her previous job, Bianca Harmon enrolled in cybersecurity courses at Wright College, which led to the…

Joshua Adereti is on a path to earn his bachelor’s degree tuition-free.

Persevere. It’s what Marnee Ostoa has always done.

Natalia Casas attended Truman College to become a teacher. She wanted to ensure that her future students wouldn’t have to…