MEET AMERICA'S WORKING LEARNERS

They take risks, make critical connections, and know that step-by-step efforts portend promising futures. Of course, everyone defines success differently. But here's what working learners have in common: They actively explore obvious options and uncover those harder to find, recognizing that there are no straight lines toward “success.” They adjust their time commitments, their tasks, their home lives, and sometimes their expectations, to accomplish what they set out to do. They prize experience and value learning while doing.

They are America's Working Learners and here are their stories.

Click the images to learn about their pathways and progress, and see if you share common ground.