A Journey Well-Traveled: Immigrant Community College Presidents Use Their Pasts as a Learning Experience to Help Students

Immigrant community college presidents are working to ensure the unpleasant, even frightening experiences of their younger years are not replicated among the current student body. Immigrant leaders interviewed by "Community College Journal"--Dr. Steady Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College; Dr. Lin Zhou, president of Bates Technical College; Dr. Claudia Habib, president of Porterville College; and Dr. Adenuga Atewologun, president of Riverland Community College--discuss the importance of being both visible and accessible to students uncertain about their future success due to attributes they cannot control.