Category: Healthcare
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Antoinette McIntosh
“City Colleges of Chicago is an excellent place to feel supported and build a foundation for what you want to do next,” said Antoinette McIntosh, a student in the paramedics’ pathway at Malcolm X College. In 2021, Antoinette graduated from MXC’s 16-week Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program. She scored a job with an ambulance company…
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Ebony Henderson
It sounds strange, but, according to Ebony Henderson, a broken leg turned out to be a blessing in disguise. She says the unfortunate injury led her to Malcolm X College’s Community Health Care Worker (CHW) program and the best job of her life. As a resident of the Austin neighborhood, Malcolm X was Ebony’s closest…
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Safiyah Agunbiade
Safiyah Agunbiade is a long way from home. She moved to the North Side of Chicago from Nigeria in 2018 for a better education. Malcolm X College proved to be a perfect fit. Safiyah has always wanted to be a nurse—she was inspired by her grandmother who was in the same profession. But Safiyah knew…
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Lisa Willis
Twenty-two years ago, Lisa Willis walked through the doors of Malcolm X College—and she never left. She now serves as the Dean of Student Services at the college, but when Lisa was a Malcolm X student, she never imagined herself where she is today. Lisa’s City Colleges journey began at the South Chicago Learning Center,…
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Beatriz Lockett
Beatriz Lockett has called a few places in Chicago home, including the Back of the Yards and Humboldt Park neighborhoods—but she never really felt at home at school. She even tried starting college four times. However, it wasn’t until the fourth and final time that she got the college degree she always wanted—and so much…
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Brittany Roberts
Brittany Roberts had no idea that a trip to her daughter’s school would change her life. Brittany was tired from a long day at work, but, before she could go home, she had to stop by her oldest daughter’s school to pick up her report card. While there, she noticed “Austin Coming Together,” a Malcolm…
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Erica and Anjelize Camacho
For Angelize and Erica Camacho, Malcolm X College’s Basic Nursing Assistant pinning ceremony was a moment to remember. The mother-daughter duo celebrated the end of 2021 by walking across the stage one after another, cheered on by a crowd of siblings, parents, and other loved ones in the audience. “I was thinking to myself, ‘wow,…
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DeMar English
DeMar English walked away from a 15-year career in supply chain at a major food and beverage company to pursue his passion: a career in health care. Realizing the cost of college and the need for a quality health care education, he enrolled at Malcolm X College in 2013. After earning his associates degree there,…
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Alejandro Vallejo
After taking a gap year due to COVID-19, Alejandro Vallejo, a 2020 Prosser Career Academy graduate, decided that it was time to return to school to realize his dreams. Hailing from the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood, Alejandro did not know what was next for him after graduating from Prosser, so he decided to work full-time in the restaurant industry. His life changed after receiving a phone call from City Colleges of Chicago telling him about the ACE (Advancing Chicago’s Education) scholarship.…
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Marissa Gora