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Article: Everest Chicago Grad Wins Corinthian Colleges National Scholarship Award.
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- November 10, 2009
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Corinthian Dream Award winner Pamela Jackson overcame struggle with gangs and neglect to complete education and become a nurse.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pamela Jackson is all too familiar with the concept of adversity. Growing up in the 1980s in Cabrini-Green, a notorious Chicago public housing development, Jackson lost her father to gang violence at an early age, and experienced a life of gang activity, teenage pregnancy, homelessness and neglect.
Living with constant struggles, Jackson's father instilled one piece of advice in his young daughter. "Before he died, my father would tell me that education is the key to a better life - ...
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