Yehiri Gonzalez first heard about a new program to shepherd Chicago students into teaching careers at the height of the pandemic. The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she had spoken little English in the early grades and struggled to keep up, at one point leaning on a tutor who came to the shelter where she had stayed for a time. She credits growing as a student and getting into the highly selective Lane Tech College Prep High School to finding peers and educators who shared and understood he...
