Category: Resources and Supports
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Dr. Cynthia Manns
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Faculty Perspective: LGBTQ+ Support, Advocacy, and Education Important During Pride Month and Every Month” on June 27, 2022. I’ve taught Sociology 207: The Sociology of Sex and Gender at City Colleges of Chicago for the last seven years. As Pride Month comes…
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Jonathan Torres
As a first-generation Mexican American and the oldest sibling in my family at 31 years old, I have worked hard to get where I am today. I grew up in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood and went to Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy before earning my GED in 2011. After participating in an information technology (IT) training…
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Diane Bailey
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “City Colleges of Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of Gender Equity Through Title IX” on June 23, 2022. Fifty years ago, on June 23, 1972, a landmark piece of legislation was enacted as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Though…
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Sam Roberts
While a student at Harold Washington College, Sam Roberts was glad to receive support from City Colleges of Chicago staff and departments. Help came from Harold Washington College staff like Meaghan Young-Stephens, TRiO Academic Coach, and Ellen Goldberg, Transfer Center Director, who both assisted Sam with scholarship and transfer applications. An evaluation through the Wellness…
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Vincent Harris
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Here to Help: A Conversation with OHC’s Executive Director of Student Financial Aid Services” on June 8, 2022. We asked Vincent Harris, Executive Director of Student Financial Aid Services at Olive-Harvey College, a little about his job and how he helps students…
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Luis Narváez
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Adult Learning Creates Access and Opportunity” on May 31, 2022. I was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, and I came to the United States at fifteen years old. My mother raised us on her own in Chicagoland, and I saw…
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Lila Aouani
Lila Aouani had already lived in many places before she came to Chicago—Florida, Boston, Ohio, and North Carolina. “Having to move around my entire childhood was definitely hard, but it pushed me to become stronger,” said Lila, a recent graduate of Truman College’s first S.E.E.D. cohort. The S.E.E.D scholarship, which stands for Supporting Emerging Educators…
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Ivy Rose Lomahan
“Is my English good enough to go back to school?” “Will my children be okay while I’m in class?” “Will I be able to afford the tuition fees on top of the bills I am already paying?” The questions—and the doubts—ran through my mind. It was daunting going back to school after being away for…
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Desiree Morris
Everything is aligning at the perfect time for Medical Assisting student Desiree Morris. When the pandemic hit, Desiree was enrolled at another school, where she was taking mostly virtual classes. It wasn’t a good fit. She stopped attending classes there and began researching alternatives. She knew she wanted to study healthcare at a school close…
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Gerardo & Miguel Gomez
Brothers Gerardo and Miguel Gomez have a lot in common, including their passion for medicine and helping others. That interest led them both to enroll in Malcolm X College’s Medical Assisting program. Born in Chicago but raised in Mexico, Gerardo and Miguel had to get accustomed to an entirely new culture and language when they…