Toya Redmond

Toya Redmond recently completed her associate degree in Child Development at Truman College and is now enrolled at the University…

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Tahira Moon

Tahira Moon considers Malcolm X College a second home. She’s currently in the nursing program there and is on track…

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Samer Hassan

Harold Washington College student Samer Hassan was born in Venezuela, but is 100% Palestinian, and he has a deep connection…

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Maria Gardea

Navy veteran Maria Gardea traveled to many far-flung places in her armed services career, managing logistics and purchasing for the…

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Temitayo (Temi) Odulaja

Making the transition to living in America was abrupt for Temitayo (Temi) Odulaja. From his first moment walking out of…

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Cymba McReynolds

Cymba started at Kennedy-King College as an affordable way to transition to college and get her GPA back up to…

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Daniel Cornelious

Daniel always knew how important an education was, but his plans were derailed when finances forced him to drop out…

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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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Candace Walker

In just four-and-a-half months, Candace Walker learned to build a house and moved from minimum wage to a $40/hour job…

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Bertha Mendoza

What Bertha will miss most are the personal interactions she had at Olive-Harvey College.

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