When Veronica Rodriguez arrived in the U.S. from Venezuela two years ago, she had to figure out how to start…

Shortly after completing high school, Angelika Szymanowska moved from Poland to the Northeast side of Chicago and began her journey…

Through a combination of her own hard work and the encouragement she received from faculty and staff at City Colleges…

Originally from Venezuela, Rafael Gamboa has wanted to live in Chicago since he was 12 years old. He streamed the…

Jose Cueva was born in Lima, Peru, as the fifth son of six siblings. Jose says his adolescence was educationally…

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

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

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

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

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

“The community health worker program opened my heart and my brain”

Qianhong Ni and her family are proud of how much she has accomplished so far, and she’s not done yet.