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Bernice Agu

Bernice Agu's journey to the GED started when she moved to the United States from Nigeria in 2012.

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Alvaro Mendieta

Alvaro Mendieta arrived to the US from Ecuador eight years ago and enrolled in English as a Second Language classes…

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Kam Tim Kwan

ESL courses gave him the confidence and motivation he needed to continue his education and transfer into college credit courses

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Gloria Villanueva

When I signed up to earn my high school equivalency, I didn’t know what to expect. It had been years…

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Valentina Atehortua

Two years ago, Valentina Atehortua moved thousands of miles away from her home in Colombia, arriving in Chicago just months…

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Sylwia Jarzabek

After coming to the United States from Poland, I wanted to help others. I was thinking about applying for the…

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Georgina Reyes

Determined to prove that “education is for adults, too,” she enrolled in free GED prep classes at Truman College.

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