Safiyyah Shakir is following pretty closely in her mother’s footsteps, but carving out a path all her own.

In his own words, Jimmy Ellis is obsessed with coding.

“Wilbur Wright College was one of the best things that ever happened to me," says Omar Martinez Gonzalez.

Adeola Fayemi was unsure about what he wanted to do after high school until he heard about the Star Scholarship…

Naomi Brown is happy she found Daley College and wishes she started there first.

Maria had been a cosmetologist for eight years when she decided she was ready for a career change. Knowing she…

When Ellijah Fristoe graduated from high school in the south suburbs, he thought he wanted to go right to work.…

The lifelong Avondale neighborhood resident took some classes at Harold Washington College (HWC) and came to City Colleges of Chicago…

Her experience at HWC not only helped her regain confidence and a strong GPA, but put her on the path…

Dorothy received CCC’s first ever Luminary Award, graduated with her associate degree and turned 70 on Mother’s Day in May.

Nathan Price moved to Chicago from Streator, Illinois in search of opportunity. He found it at Kennedy-King College.

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