Resilience Archives

Resilience

Aziza Mohammadi

After receiving multiple scholarships and joining a network of support programs offered at City Colleges, including TRiO and One Million…

Adult Education Alumni of CCC Bridge and Gateway Programs ESL Harry S Truman College High School Diploma Resilience Resource and Supports Student Life Transfer

Joyce Turner

Completing the degree she’d put on hold for 40 years

Alumni of CCC Olive-Harvey College Parents/Guardians/Caregivers Resilience Resource and Supports Transfer

Tamba Torniwa

When Tamba Torniwa lost his parents at a young age due to lack of medical care in his home country…

Adult Education Bridge and Gateway Programs Center of Excellence Healthcare High School Diploma Malcolm X College Resilience

Adam Neidlinger

Adam Neidlinger, who studied linguistics, Spanish, French and Portuguese after he graduated high school in 2001, has focused on learning…

Center of Excellence Engineering and Computer Science Resilience Transfer Wilbur Wright College Work-Based Learning

Gerardo Franco

Gerardo Franco has always known he wanted to work in film, but didn’t know how he would afford his education.

Alumni of CCC Kennedy-King College Resilience Resource and Supports Transfer

Khadijah Ahmad

“My compassion has a lot to do with wanting to be a nurse. It means a lot to me that…

Resilience Resource and Supports Richard J. Daley College Student Life

Jonathan Torres

As a first-generation Mexican American and the oldest sibling in my family at 31 years old, I have worked hard…

Harold Washington College Resilience Resource and Supports

La'Quahn Washington

La’Quahn Washington followed a passion for helping others into a career in early childhood education.

Alumni of CCC Olive-Harvey College Parents/Guardians/Caregivers Resilience Resource and Supports