Balancing Act: She dropped out of school, pregnant, at 14. At 32, she's studying at DePaul.
by By Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune
Aug 14, 2017
3 minutes
CHICAGO _ This school year is a momentous one for Jacqueline Sanchez.
Her daughter, Jesenia Medina, will be a senior at Jones College Prep. Her son Joseph Medina will start eighth grade at Horace Greeley Elementary, and her younger son, Juelz Stephens, will enter kindergarten there.
"All my children will graduate this year," Sanchez says.
And she'll keep plugging away toward her dream: a bachelor's degree in early childhood education from DePaul University, where she's about to begin her second year.
Sanchez is one of seven kids
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