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Alumni of CCC

Rashaunda Cooper

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

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Geo Lawrence

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

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Maria Garcia

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

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Olivert Mbah

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

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Joshua Adereti

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

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Natalia Casas

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

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Edgar Florentino

“I enrolled at Malcolm X College and applied myself. It took about four months, three days a week, but I…

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Fanya Burford-Berry

Fanya Burford-Berry’s entire City Colleges journey centers around paying it forward.

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Valori Laudarji

It hadn't occurred to me until I was a week or two away from graduating from Lane Technical High School…

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