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In this Jan. 15, 2014, 2014 photo, culinary students from left, Dani Garcia, of Streamwood, Ill., Julie ana Pak, of Northbrook, Ill., and Marisa Marquez, of Arlington Heights, Ill., talk with instructor Chef Beth O'Connell in the classroom at Harper College in Palatine, Ill. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Joe Lewnard) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

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In this Jan. 15, 2014, 2014 photo, Marisa Marquez, in red, and her fellow culinary students gather around her completed dish as Patrick Beach, head of the Hospitality Management Program, talks about her effort in the kitchen at Harper College in Palatine, Ill. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Joe Lewnard) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

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In this Jan. 15, 2014, 2014 photo, culinary student Marisa Marquez listens as Patrick Beach, head of the Hospitality Management Program at Harper College, suggests a way to plate a dish in the school's kitchen in Palatine, Ill. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Joe Lewnard) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

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In this Jan. 15, 2014, 2014 photo, culinary student Marisa Marquez places cookies on a cooling rack in the Harper College kitchen in Palatine, Ill. Marquez, who describes herself as a "huge" Disney fan, has watched TV programs which show pastry chefs and cooks working in the Disney kitchen and hopes to tour the Grand Floridian kitchen sometime soon. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Joe Lewnard) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT

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In this Jan. 15, 2014, 2014 photo, Harper College culinary student Marisa Marquez, 19, carefully checks the internal temperature of her chicken dish in the community college's kitchen in Palatine, Ill. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Joe Lewnard) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT