Epiphany Casey
Unable to attend her preferred college after graduating high school, Epiphany Casey spent a year working...
Donggyun (Kevin) Woo
Donggyun (Kevin) Woo is no stranger to studying far from home. Born and raised in South...
Michael Ndichuck
Sitting in the front row wasn’t necessarily a learning strategy for Michael Ndichuck. It was also...
Kana Nagai
Kana moved to Chicago from Japan three-and-a-half years ago with her husband for his job. Discouraged...
Naeem Patel
With two brothers also currently attending college, Nadeem Patel was intent on finding an affordable education...
Joi McCowan
Joi was almost finished with her studies at Thornwood High School in south suburban South Holland...
Ladonna Stewart
Ladonna Stewart didn’t just graduate from Malcolm X College in May of 2017 with her associate...
Jaime Vargas
Jaime Vargas vividly remembers what it was like growing up in his Humboldt Park neighborhood in...