Major shout-out to these promising young trailblazers for sharing their stories with our board and leadership teams as college-bound and current college students from our College Preparation & Placement Program. We are in awe of their resilience and achievements against the odds, and reminded our work to guide students in exploring careers and preparing for college as early as elementary school is critical. It is an honor to watch them emerge as visionaries and evolve into leaders that will mold the future!
Pictured above (from left);
Jonathan Matthews
Program Alum, 2023 Ada S. McKinley Trace Sorey Music Scholarship Recipient, and current student at VanderCook College of Music
Heaven Cusic
Program Alum, 2023 Ada S. McKinley Revie Sorey Trunk Scholarship Recipient, and current student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Detrina McCoy
Program Alum, 2021 Ada S. McKinley Revie Sorey Trunk Scholarship Recipient, and current student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Nevaeh Funches
Current participant of Ada S. McKinley’s College Preparation & Placement Program and student at Dunbar Vocational Career Academy (one of our target CPS high schools)
Our College Preparation & Placement Program serves more than 1,600 Chicago Public School students annually and has placed more than 75,000 youth in more than 400 colleges and universities throughout the United States. This includes assisting graduating seniors in securing billions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships over the last six decades, representing $13.6 million in 2023 alone.
