Charles Weaver
After graduating from high school, Charles Weaver took a few years off before making the decision...
Category Archives: Truman College
Truman College is the City Colleges of Chicago center of excellence in Education, and Human and Natural Sciences, and offers general education courses, associate degrees, shorter-term certificate programs, and special interest courses. Truman College is located at 1145 W Wilson Avenue.
Timothy Avant
Timothy Avant used to live five houses down from the Truman College campus. Now, he’s a...
Deynna Rey
Since Deynna Rey was a child growing up in Venezuela, she dreamed of going to college,...
Gaspar Sánchez
I was originally born in Mexico, and I started taking English as a Second Language classes...
Alvaro Mendieta
Alvaro Mendieta arrived to the United States from Ecuador eight years ago with limited English skills...
Lila Aouani
Lila Aouani had already lived in many places before she came to Chicago—Florida, Boston, Ohio, and...
Ivy Rose Lomahan
“Is my English good enough to go back to school?” “Will my children be okay while...
Elia López
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Truman College Professor Receives...
Valentina Atehortua
Two years ago, Valentina Atehortua moved thousands of miles away from her home in Colombia, arriving...
Georgina Reyes
When Georgina Reyes immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in 2011 with her three children,...