Category: Business and Professional Services
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Jessica Atieno-Walker
Although she speaks softly, Jessica Atieno-Walker exudes confidence when she discusses life’s possibilities. She earned her Associate in Arts in Business/Economics from Harold Washington College in May 2023 and hopes to one day work in the field of international business. Jessica immigrated to the United States from Mombasa, Kenya, at the age of 12, which…
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Esmeralda Cirilo
Esmeralda Cirilo, Harold Washington College’s 2023 salutatorian, grew up in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and attended Community Links High School. As the daughter of two hardworking immigrants, she took their values of determination and resilience to heart and dedicated herself to excelling in school. She graduated in 2020 as her high school’s valedictorian. Esmeralda then…
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Ashley Moncrief
Mother. Business owner. First-generation college student. And now, PepsiCo Foundation S.M.I.L.E scholar. City Colleges of Chicago alumna Ashley Moncrief has persevered to get to where she is today, and she’s not done yet. Ashley first became a City Colleges student while she was still in high school. Through the Early College Dual Enrollment program, she…
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Marvens Saint-Juste
When Harold Washington College student Marvens Saint-Juste was struggling to pay for his classes, he thought to himself, “there has to be a way [to take advantage of resources]—I just need to conduct the research.” The research was quicker than he originally imagined. In fact, just a few minutes later, Marvens found the application for…
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Sandra Magallon
Born to immigrant parents from Michoacán, México, Sandra Magallon was raised in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood and attended Curie High School. She dreamed of continuing her education at a four-year university after her high school graduation in 1990, but she didn’t receive the support she needed to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Instead, she was encouraged…
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Jacori Garrett
Jacori Garrett started his college career early as a student at Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy. As part of the Early College program, Jacori was taking college level classes and earning college credit as a high school student. Once he graduated from high school in 2017, he headed to a four-year university in Wisconsin. But…
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Latil Willis
Latil Willis has always dreamed of earning a college degree in business and obtaining a career doing something creative in the industry. So in 2018, she set out to achieve those goals, enrolling in business-focused courses at Harold Washington College. However, as Latil was struggling to keep up with her schoolwork while also holding a…
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Jonathan Macedo
He’s an 18-year-old restaurant owner that sells flowers on the side; a high school senior with nearly 13 college credits under his belt and a substantial scholarship to DePaul University. It sounds like there’s little that Jonathan Macedo can’t do. But despite his success, the Lindblom Math and Science Academy student has maintained his humility.…
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Daryna Doroshenko
In a few short years, Daryna Doroshenko has perfected her English, earned her Associate Degree in Accounting, and has now been named as valedictorian for Harold Washington College for the Class of 2020. When Daryna moved to the United States in 2015, she already had a solid foundation of the English language. After working in…
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Kamron Southall
At the age of 21, Star Scholar Kamron Southall is not only graduating from Harold Washington College with an Associate Degree in Computer Science, he has landed a full-time job at JPMorgan Chase & Co after a year-long apprenticeship. Always interested in computers, Kamron said he learned “the language and the logic of programming” in…