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ILSE ARCINIEGA

CLASS OF 2022 & 2024

COLLEGE CONNECT PROGRAM ASSISTANT

As a full-time student with a young daughter, DePaul University junior Ilse Arciniega had a keen awareness of the need to support college students balancing dual student and parent/caregiver roles. She answered the Vincentian question, “What must be done?” with action, implementing MOCHA, a student organization that elevates student-parents’ voices, increase awareness of their challenges, offer resources and provide support.
Thankfully, I was awarded the Egan Hope Scholarship and that just changed everything for me. Not only would I be able to attend the university of my dreams, but I would be able to do it debt-free. If I had just one thing to say to scholarship donors, it would be ‘thank you, because you are giving us the opportunity to receive an amazing education.’ I’m grateful from the bottom of my heart.
Ilse Arciniega
FACES OF DEPAUL