​Ruth Aguilar graduated from Olive-Harvey College in Fall 2010 with an associate’s in arts degree, and graduated in May 2013 from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) with a bachelor’s degree in psychology。 露丝是首批获得IIT总统奖学金的城市学院毕业生之一，该奖学金每年支付23,500美元的学费。