The Community College of Aurora does not turn students away. It serves immigrants with limited English knowledge, Coloradans experiencing homelessness, students pursuing careers in the trades, concurrently enrolled high schoolers and students who are the first in their family to attend college.
That mission of accessible education guides Adriana Cordova, CCA’s academic advising director, in her work. A CCA graduate herself, Cordova knows what it’s like to be nervous and at times lost in college.
“I’m a first-generation student, and I migrated here in 2003 from Sonora, Mexico. The expectation was always for me to go to school, and it wasn’t easy,” said Cordova, who graduated in 2017 and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees. “At CCA, I was able to get a hang of what college was.”…