Category: Scholarships
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Danela Agoncillo
Danela Agoncillo credits her brother for encouraging her to dream big and achieve great things. The two have a lot in common. Beyond their family ties, the siblings are both Malcolm X College graduates with associate degrees in nursing. They also share a passion for helping others. Danela always knew she wanted to be a…
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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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Trevin Cox
35-year-old Trevin Cox and his partner were thinking about buying a restaurant and bar before the COVID-19 pandemic changed their plans. Instead, Trevin was laid off from his job in the service industry due to the virus—twice. After the second time in September 2020, he was motivated to go back to school, though he had…
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Cielo Torres
When her parents decided to move their family to Mexico to be closer to family, Cielo Torres wasn’t sure how it would go. She had just finished her freshman year at John Hancock High School, and while she had grown up going back and forth between the U.S. and Mexico, high school completely in Spanish…
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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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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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Yidedya Kedir
When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S., Yidedya Kedir was more than 7,000 miles away from her home in Ethiopia. At the time, she was attending a boarding school in Wisconsin—an opportunity she’d spent her childhood years dreaming about. Yidedya had hoped that attending the school would provide her with a “short cut” to…
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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…