Category: Truman College
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Lydia Bellil
When Lydia Bellil moved to the U.S. from France when her husband got a new job, she knew she would finish her college education. Her first hurdle was to improve her English, so she headed to Truman College. Her husband had taken English classes there and it was close to their home, so it was…
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Alec Telles
Alec Telles’ ultimate goal is to help solve climate change and other environmental issues through engineering – and this Truman College graduate is well on his way. When he graduated from Taft High School, he wasn’t sure what his next move would be. He didn’t want to apply to four-year universities because he was afraid…
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Mylinh Tran
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Marisol Perez
Truman College Star Scholar and soon-to-be proud alumna Marisol Perez has a tough decision to make: where to transfer to earn her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education? Marisol has been admitted to Elmhurst College, Concordia University, and Eastern Illinois University, and is waiting to hear from Northeastern Illinois University before making a final decision.…
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Luis Matos
Luis Matos came to the U.S. from Venezuela when he was 15 years old due to family reasons, moving to Chicago to live with his uncle. He attended Kelly High School, and always knew that college was in his future. When he was a junior in high school, his counselor told him about the Star…
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Anaiza Cartagena
By the time Anaiza Cartagena earns her bachelor’s degree, she will not have paid any college tuition. When she graduated from Chicago Bulls College Prep, she was drawn to Truman College because a friend of her older sister was a student there and loved it, and because she qualified for the Star Scholarship – meaning…
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Muhammad Bangash
You could say Muhammad Bangash is going into the family business by studying computer science – his father is a software engineer and his mother is a civil engineer. This Truman College student and Truman Middle College alumnus will graduate with his associate degree in Computer Science this Spring, before he heads to Northeastern Illinois…
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Prishina Coleman
Truman College student Prishina Coleman has had a passion for dance since she was a child – and now she is working on making it a career. As a 2018 graduate of the Chicago High School for the Arts, Truman College wasn’t immediately on her radar. When she learned she could play volleyball and earn…
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Kelly McCarthy
When Kelly McCarthy graduated from North Town Academy in 2010, she wasn’t sure what her next step would be. She tried dog grooming and dog walking, but she wasn’t earning much. Then she got a job in private maintenance, but after a few years it felt like she couldn’t progress much in her career. It…
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Becky Degraffenried
Becky Degraffenried is thrilled to be graduating from Truman College with her Associate of Arts degree at the age of 47, because just a few years ago, she was in a completely different place. Becky is proudly sober three years now, but for the ten years before that, she says simply that her “life was…