UIC alumna talks about how education shaped her upward mobility
Debra Evans (MS Engineering, '85)
Social mobility can be measured in numbers: degrees earned, incomes increased, careers launched. But its deeper meaning is human. It is about possibility arising across lifetimes and generations.
At UIC, a national leader in promoting student social mobility and a nationally recognized Carnegie Opportunity University, that possibility takes shape every day through students and graduates whose talent, determination, lived experience and community-rooted perspective help move Chicago forward.
The story of Deborah Evans, MS ’85, shows what social mobility looks like in practice... [and] how access to education, strong mentorship and a public research university in the heart of Chicago can create opportunity and economic mobility on a large scale and strengthen communities and industry. [...]
“My mom worked for Chicago Public Schools. My dad worked as a contractor and started his own business. We kids chose jobs that they had absolutely no idea even existed in the world.” [Watch video: https://today.uic.edu/85-uic-grad-makes-most-of-access-to-opportunities/ ]
For the full article including the video for Miguel Lemus, BS '18, visit: https://today.uic.edu/uic-alums-talk-about-how-education-shaped-their-upward-mobility/