Branded Content Presented by Santa Barbara City College Office of Communications
For most teenagers, choosing a college and a future career feels less like a decision and more like a referendum on the rest of their lives. But for Chase Alderton, the path ahead felt largely written before he ever filled out an application.
Growing up in the San Fernando Valley as the second of four siblings, Alderton remembers watching his older brother head off to city college. “We had the city college route in our blood,” he joked. So when it came time to decide where he’d go to school, he didn’t overthink it.