Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton’s passion for community development has put him in the classroom, in non-profits that focus...
Category Archives: Kennedy-King College
Kennedy-King College is the City Colleges of Chicago center of excellence in Culinary and Hospitality, and Construction Technology, and offers general education courses, associate degrees, shorter-term certificate programs, and special interest courses. Kennedy-King College is located at 6301 S. Halsted Street and its satellite campus is Dawson Technical Institute located at 3901 S. State Street in Chicago.
Lauren Richards
When Lauren Richards moved to Chicago from Minnesota with her “hersband” and kids in 2014, the...
Ayomide Pelumi
When Ayomide Pelumi moved to Chicago from Nigeria with his parents and brother, he knew he...
Gerardo Franco
Kennedy-King College student Gerardo Franco has always known he wanted to work in film, but didn’t...
Patrick Shaffer
Patrick Shaffer is taking full advantage of his time at Kennedy-King College – after all, as...
Christina Banks
As she sat in the audience of the Wintrust Arena, cheering on her mentee at CCC’s...
Alan Mares
Alan Mares wants to combine his culinary skills with his passion for helping others. As a...
Latoya Harris-Pickens
Once Latoya Harris-Pickens earned her GED, she was going to end her education there. The mom...
Latoya Cauley
Beating cancer was just the beginning for Latoya Cauley. “I recognized that life stands still for...
Tunisha Potter
College advisor Tunisha Potter knows first-hand what some of her students are going through – because...