My parents immigrated to the United States from Belize with a single purpose: to give their children educational opportunities that would break our family’s cycle of poverty. They spoke about college as an expectation, not an “if.” They wanted what every parent wants for his or her child, but they couldn’t navigate the system to […]

LaTanya McDade
LaTanya McDade is chief education officer of the Chicago Public Schools and a future chief with Chiefs for Change.