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Roderick Moore

Roderick left high school in the Roseland neighborhood his junior year – in 1999 – and started to work mainly…

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Emmanuel Betson

A native of Ghana, Emmanuel Betson didn’t finish college – he opted to start a career in marketing, sales and…

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Elaine Brooks

Now that her kids are grown, she felt there was no reason not to finally put herself first.

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Dorothy Johnson

Dorothy received CCC’s first ever Luminary Award, graduated with her associate degree and turned 70 on Mother’s Day in May.

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Shujie Lin

Shujie Lin has come a long way in a very short time. Having come to the U.S. only four years…

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Paola Salcedo

Paola Salcedo's advice to other students is to use all the resources that City Colleges offers and ask your advisor…

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Maria Elena Soria

Maria Elena Soria was born into a hard-working, middle-class family in Colombia, who always taught her to place education as…

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Joi McCowan

Timing, as they say, is everything, and it seemed timing was going to work against Joi again when she decided…

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