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    Program is bringing youth of color into health care sooner rather than later

    by Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune Apr 28, 2022 4 minutes
    Jayline Perez is a program coordinator with the Rush Education and Career Hub.

    CHICAGO -- Jayline Perez, 21, graduated three semesters early from Roosevelt University in December 2021. With her parents and grandparents only having gone through school as far as elementary school, she credits Rush Education and Career Hub, or REACH, with changing her future.

    “I grew up kind of not really knowing that college was an option for me,” she said. “REACH was one of the only outlets I ever had besides my high school encouraging me to go to college.”

    Now Perez is studying for the Medical College Admission Test and looking forward to a career in medicine. Neuroscience interests her, but she may change

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