Suzette Bross in Northwestern Magazine

August 12, 2022 11:00 am

Founder of CPS Lives, Suzette Bross, was featured in the Spring 2022 Northwestern magazine. The interview can be found on page 52 under Class Notes.

Suzette Bross ’90 of Chicago wants to celebrate Chicago Public Schools. Four years ago, Bross founded CPS Lives, a nonprofit that partners professional artists with elementary, middle, and high schools in the Chicago Public Schools system during the academic year. Artists supplement classroom learning, facilitate after-school programs and collaborate with students on creative projects throughout the year. A professional photographer, Bross believes the arts are an engine for learning, change, and community service. A former public school student herself, Bross considers CPS Lives a “coming together of all sorts of strands of my life.”

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