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Resilience

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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Jevon Covington

Jevon Covington doesn’t consider himself to be a “traditional” student—but now that he’s back in school, he wants to continue…

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Leslie Guzman

Leslie Guzman's life hasn’t been without challenges, but she has had opportunities and made choices that have helped her create…

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Jonathan Cifuentes Barrios

Jonathan Cifuentes Barrios came to this country because he knew of the opportunities here, and college created even more opportunities.…

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Charles Weaver

Charles Weaver enrolled at Truman College after recovering from a drug and alcohol addiction and was drawn to the college…

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Italia Staine

Italia Staine is currently enrolled in surgical technology classes with a bright future ahead of her. With consistency, hard work,…

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Maureen Burns

After 17 years in the workforce, Maureen began the community health worker program at Malcolm X and went on to…

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Zach H.

I discovered that City Colleges of Chicago had a lot of non-traditional students like me who were forging their own…

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Juan Madrigal

Juan Madrigal's dream was to become a teacher to help students reach their potential.

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Tomika Bernstein and James Robinson

Tomika Bernstein and James Robinson are starting new careers in the transportation, logistics, and distribution field thanks, in large part,…

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