side, he most certainly would not be the multi-millionaire he is today. >> this country was built on the notion no matter where you come from you can become successful and wealthy. that just factually is not true. >> reporter: is college a dream of yours? >> yes a big dream of mine. do you have the money for this? to pete's point, this school is full of big dreams, bridled by harsh realts. >> you can't let that stop hope. >> reporter: meet armani barber. >> i was thinking about being a lawyer. >> reporter: armania a junior, near the top of her class. she knows she can make it through college, but doesn't know how she'd pay for any of it. enter pete kadens, who, along with former chicago public school c.e.o. janice jackson, hopes to fight inequity with a mammoth initiative called "hope chicago." >> there's never been anything of this scale, of this magnitude, of this import done in this community. >> this is going to be a game