Category: Wright College
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James Featherstone
From art to engineering, my pathway from high school to college wasn’t linear, but City Colleges of Chicago helped me find my next steps. I moved to Chicago from suburban Bartlett just after high school to pursue a degree in fine art. But things changed as time went on, and after a decade in the…
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Rosetta Sellers-Varela
Music has always been one of Rosetta Sellers-Varela’s passions—she’s a professional freelance musician with a degree in music. Now, she’s back in school focusing on her other passion: biological sciences. Rosetta’s love for science and her history with City Colleges of Chicago are both longstanding. She began her college journey studying biology at Western Illinois…
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Ryan Magsayo
After spending six years as a combat medic with the U.S. Navy, Ryan Magsayo knew it would be hard to adjust to his life back to civilian life, especially life as a college student. He had been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan during his time in service, working on the front lines to treat…
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Anthony Huerta
Anthony Huerta has already locked down a job at Amazon headquarters in Seattle – and he hasn’t even earned his bachelor’s degree yet. Anthony had been interested in computer science while he was in high school, but it was his Spanish teacher who told him about the Engineering Pathway to the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign…
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Barbara Nowak Yee
Growing up in Poland, I dreamed of becoming an economist or politician to change the economic situation in my society and improve my community and family’s living conditions. Then, we experienced the unfortunate loss of a community member due to a health condition that could have been avoided. The loss caused a great void in…
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Hussain Gilani
Hussain Gilani, an aspiring engineer, wanted to get his start in the field without racking up student debt. When he heard about Wright College’s Engineering Pathways program, he knew it would be a great fit. Even better, due to his good grades as a Chicago Public Schools student, he found out he would be able…
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Juan Madrigal
My academic journey began when I was 19 years old. Upon graduating from high school, I was conflicted between attending college or entering the workforce, so I asked my parents for guidance. My parents migrated from Mexico and only had an elementary school education. They told me that high school was the best they could…
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Carolina Verdial
When Carolina Verdial first visited Wright College after moving to Chicago from the Honduras, she was looking for a college for her daughter. She didn’t know then that the trip would also turn into a career at the college. Previously a computer science teacher, Carolina felt at home in the education setting. She started working…
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Dr. Doris Espiritu
Dr. Doris Espiritu has been teaching and leading programs in chemistry, biophysics, engineering, and computer science at City Colleges of Chicago for fifteen years. She is continually striving to provide research experiences, professional development, and other exceptional opportunities for her students. She has partnered with institutions like Princeton University and Northwestern University, which recruit students…
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Fabian Williams
A lot has changed throughout my life, but my fascination with computers and computer networks has remained constant. I grew up in Jamaica and moved in 2001 to Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, a wonderful, diverse community. As a new immigrant, I worked various jobs, but I dreamed of working with computers. I earned a few…