Category: Wright College
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Erik Zetina
21-year-old Erik Zetina has always enjoyed crime shows. So, after graduating from Carl Schurz High School in 2018, he decided to explore a future in the industry, starting with criminal justice courses at Wright College. The campus was nearby his Portage Park home, making it easy to physically get to class—but Erik said he was…
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Bara Zalloum
When Bara Zalloum was surprised with a $5,000 scholarship at a computer science fair he was judging, he was “at a loss for words.” “I was not expecting it at all,” Bara said. “To hear my friends at the event rooting for me was heartwarming… it was surreal.” Like Bara, many of those friends are…
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Sylwia Jarzabek
After coming to the United States from Poland, I wanted to help others. I was thinking about applying for the medical field or a law enforcement career. However, with no sense of career direction and limited English, I decided to apply for English as a Second Language at Truman College. My plan was to learn…
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Stephanie Hawkins-Guevara
Stephanie Hawkins-Guevara Deciding to return to school in 2013, after graduating high school in 1986, was a dream deferred. As a child, I envisioned myself working in a hospital as a nurse. I would be the first-generation female college graduate in my family. However, the lack of understanding of mathematical equations increased my fear of…
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Eduardo Perez
Eduardo Perez was determined to earn his bachelor’s degree after graduating from high school, but financial constraints prohibited him from heading directly to a four-year university. To save money, he enrolled at Wright College, where he identified a passion for computers and earned credits that would later transfer to Illinois Tech. Today, Eduardo has more…
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Viggy Alexandersson
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Pasquale Sanfelice
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Dianna Garzón
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Amir Noormohammad
As an engineering student with a fascination for math, Amir Noormohammad immediately started calculating the probability that he could win the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship when he heard about the opportunity. While the odds seemed highly competitive just looking at the numbers, Amir came to Truman College looking for opportunities, so…
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Dalin Eap
When Dalin Eap, a soon-to-be graduate of Wright College, learned about the Star Scholarship while attending Mather High School in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood, she thought, “I have to take this,” calling it an incredible opportunity. Now it turns out that earning her first two years of college tuition-free was a preview for the next…