I came to Chicago in 2014 for graduate school, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I had never lived away from home (suburban GA) or even knew anybody in the Midwest. Despite all of that, I genuinely felt like Chicago was meant to be my home, at least for a little while. And I was right! I …
After high school, I knew that I wanted to take my general classes at the local community college and that I didn’t want to take on any student loans. As a first generation student, I didn’t know how FAFSA worked, and applying to a big school was intimidating, and expensive. If community college worked out, …
