Valencia L. (Keys) Brennan
Chicago State University B.S.
Psychology 2015.
Valencia Keys was already a successful college student when she joined the CRCP. However, her financial aid was depleted and her part-time job as an elementary and high school tutor was not enough to pay college tuition. A professor suggested she consider the CRCP which turned out to be the perfect solution. Valencia says “the CRCP experience literally changed the trajectory of my life and without the program I would not have been able to graduate”.
Valencia excelled as a UPS employee and was promoted to part-time training supervisor. She attributes her UPS work experience with building her work ethic and endurance. Her advice to CRCP participants is to “work hard, listen to your leaders and learn from them.”
Valencia says her UPS experience led to her meeting her husband. Together they have two young children. With family being priority number one, Valencia is using her psychology degree while working part-time as an office assistant for a local suburban school district.