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Brendan McCrudden

After my time in the military, I decided to enroll at Wilbur Wright College. I saw it as an opportunity…

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Hugh Nguyen

In 2013, Hugh Nguyen immigrated to the United States from Vietnam, eager to embrace new opportunities despite not speaking English.…

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Nick Goodman

Nick Goodman’s journey to becoming a registered nurse didn’t follow a traditional path. Though he had previously earned a bachelor’s…

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Dr. Hiram Isaac

My family of five made the bold decision to leave Puerto Rico and pursue the American Dream in Chicago during…

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Jacqueline Urquizo

For Jacqueline Urquizo, Daley College feels like home. She took Early College classes at Daley in high school, earned her…

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Monique Ester-House

Monique Ester-House always had big dreams, but the road to achieving them wasn’t easy.

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Jade Villalobos

Jade enrolled at Harold Washington to study marketing, and her ideas about community college quickly changed.

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Felicity Wheatley

Malcolm X College alumna Felicity Wheatley’s educational journey began with some uncertainty but is now filled with determination and ambition.…

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Isabella Gutierrez

With the support of Harold Washington College and two scholarships, Isabella Gutierrez is pursuing her passion for psychology—debt free.

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Jonathan Lopez

Jonathan Lopez fulfilled his childhood dream of attending college, but in the fall of 2008, he realized that dream was…

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