Elaina N. Frieson is very candid about what it’s like to balance being a parent and a student. The Kennedy-King College…

In 2016, Olivert Mbah’s life changed forever. That June, she moved to the U.S. from Cameroon. By August, she was…

City Colleges of Chicago has been there for Viseth Sen for almost every step of his adult life.

Fanya Burford-Berry’s entire City Colleges journey centers around paying it forward.

It hadn't occurred to me until I was a week or two away from graduating from Lane Technical High School…

Jevon Covington doesn’t consider himself to be a “traditional” student—but now that he’s back in school, he wants to continue…

Leslie Guzman's life hasn’t been without challenges, but she has had opportunities and made choices that have helped her create…

Jonathan Cifuentes Barrios came to this country because he knew of the opportunities here, and college created even more opportunities.…

Charles Weaver enrolled at Truman College after recovering from a drug and alcohol addiction and was drawn to the college…

Italia Staine is currently enrolled in surgical technology classes with a bright future ahead of her. With consistency, hard work,…

After 17 years in the workforce, Maureen began the community health worker program at Malcolm X and went on to…

I discovered that City Colleges of Chicago had a lot of non-traditional students like me who were forging their own…