Chicago (CNN) Death first stared at Sonia, straight in the eyes, when she was only 10 years old. "I was wondering, 'When is it going to be my last day?'" Sonia told CNN. "I wasn't living. I was surviving." The ruthless gangs in her native Guatemala had her in the crosshairs during her early teenage years, she said, following her and threatening her in the street. Sonia, who asked CNN to change her name because she fears for her safety, said they threatened her mother, as well. "They told her, 'We are going to rape your daughters,' " Sonia said.Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago is the first Jesuit community college in the worldThe school recruits minority students who struggled in high school but want to get to a four-year university
"These students are not strangers to failure," said Father Michael Garanzini, the mastermind behind _. But, indeed, students have few choices to make at _. To make sure that _ students earn their two-year degrees debt free, Garanzini said that Arrupe pays for most of students' educations through donations. To make sure that Arrupe students earn their two-year degrees debt free, Garanzini said that _ pays for most of students' educations through donations.