Success Stories
Alumni and Students
Through scholarships, mentorship programs and the generous support from caring individuals like you the DCCCD Foundation has transformed thousands of student lives and helped them succeed.
Our students and alumni are making a difference and giving back to their community. These are some of their stories.
Brookhaven College
Kathy still sometimes has a hard time reconciling her brutally difficult adolescent years with her life as a college art student today.
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El Centro College
Adam is creating a sustainable design for his future, one where he can make a difference in the world as an environmental engineer.
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Brookhaven College
Many students use community college as a stepping stone, Samira used hers as a launching point.
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Brookhaven College
When his father died, so did Ahmed’s financial means to fund a university education.
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Brookhaven College
Growing up, Ervey never thought he’d have the opportunity to go to college.
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Eastfield College
Music teacher to aerospace engineer? Colby Purcell believes it’s well within reach.
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El Centro College
For more than a decade, sisters Norma and Adriana Urbina have been doing most things together – and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
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El Centro College
In the thousands of miles that Julius Ejiofor has come since leaving his native Cameroon, one 10-mile trek stands out.
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Brookhaven College
Du Chau’s heart is in his work
as a pathology technical
coordinator at Methodist
Dallas Medical Center.
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