Elyse Danckers, has been involved with Waukegan to College since planning began with Lake County United in 2008. Her passion for helping students develop their talents and grow to be their academic best led her to Waukegan. As W2C’s founding director, she manages the organization’s operations, and works with the broad community to develop resources for the organization including volunteers, advisors, presenters and funders. Prior to joining W2C she was a business development director with an international publisher and a management consultant. She earned an MBA at the University of Chicago and BA in mathematics from Northwestern University. She is married, has two daughters, and lives in Libertyville.

Since 2009 Waukegan to College (W2C) has been serving the community by providing year-round college readiness service to students who start off shy and quiet but grow into mature successful young adults .It is our mission at W2C to create brighter futures for students, families and the community by helping students prepare to enroll in and graduate from college.

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