Category: Healthcare
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Jeffery Haggins
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeffery Haggins was inspired to make a career change. “I witnessed compassion every day at the hospital where I work as a counselor,” said Jeffery, a student at Malcolm X College’s West Side Learning Center. His one requirement? Jeffery needed a career that would allow him to continue helping others. Today,…
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Shottees Melton
Malcolm X College’s Project MPACT has given Shottees Melton a second chance. She’s now working as a certified nursing assistant (CNA), but she needed some support to get where she is today. Shottees graduated from Hansberry College Prep in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood. During her senior year, a lot of her classmates were choosing four-year…
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Isabel Cervantes
If you can see it, you can be it. A program at Malcolm X College helped Isabel Cervantes “see” herself in places she had never thought about before and is inspiring her to dream bigger. Isabel is pursuing her Associate in Science degree. She’s also a member of Advancing Opportunities for Women in STEM (AOWS),…
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Dawshierra Melton
Malcolm X College’s Phlebotomy program has already set Dawshierra Melton up for a successful career: she’s a phlebotomist at Northwestern. Now, she’s back in school at Malcolm X preparing to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). As a phlebotomist, Dawshierra spends her days drawing blood, which is something she really enjoys. But helping patients has…
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Maureen Burns
Sometimes it can take longer than we think to find an ideal career path, but we can end up in a great place. It took me a few extra stops on my career journey to figure out what I wanted to do, but I’m proud of where I am today and happy to be making…
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Quintae Dorsey
For lifelong Chicagoan Quin Dorsey, joining the National Guard seemed like a natural fit. “I come from a military family, so I always knew I wanted to do something in the military,” she said. Quin originally wanted to become a combat medic but instead worked in logistics, helping to manage the petroleum supply. She spent…
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Leonard Warren, Jr.
A sign to return to school can show up in many different forms. For Malcolm X College student Leonard Warren, Jr., it showed up in the form of a billboard. As he was driving for Uber one day, Leonard saw a billboard for City Colleges of Chicago, which was the push he needed to head…
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Elvis Dankwah
Attending Malcolm X College is a family tradition for Elvis Dankwah—one he takes so seriously, he traveled from his home country of Ghana to Chicago in 2019 to enroll at the college. “My family over here, everyone went to Malcolm X,” he said. “I just had to follow the same track.” A Malcolm X College…
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Dr. Megan Craig
Dr. Megan Craig was a practicing dentist before finding her way to City Colleges. She started at Kennedy-King College and then moved to Malcolm X College to work in the Dental Hygiene Clinic as the supervising dentist. That’s when a full-time teaching position opened up, and, having gotten to know many of the students in…
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Felecia Tiney
During my adolescent years, I was forced to make sacrifices to prioritize the attention required to care for my family. I became a mom at a young age and dropped out of high school when I was 18. I had to overcome home insecurities and depression. But I never gave up. 25 years and 12…