Born and raised in Nogales, Mexico, Juan Francisco Padrés crossed the border daily to attend school in the United States, a routine that shaped his perspective on opportunity and resilience. His parents later enrolled him at Culver Military Academy in…

Last week, I attended the opening night of Suffs at Gammage – the first official event of AZ250, Arizona’s initiative marking America250, our country’s semiquincentennial celebration. 

Misty Klann is a citizen of the Diné (Navajo) Nation who grew up near the Four Corners area in northeastern Arizona, in the town of Rock Point. Now, she and her partner, Derek, live in east Mesa with their two…

As citizens of a democratic society, we have historically held free speech as an unshakable right — a principle so deeply ingrained in our legal frameworks and cultural norms that its stability seems beyond question. Increasingly of late, this unalienable right has…

For nearly five decades, Toni Eberhardt has called Arizona home. Though she moved from the East Coast at the age of two, her childhood in central Phoenix and education in Arizona schools firmly rooted her in the Valley. She attended Xavier…

The Access to Justice in Arizona: Civil Legal Services panel addresses civil access to justice in Arizona from the perspectives of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. It covers urban and rural needs and services; the economic impact of access;…

2017 Flinn-Brown Fellow Kyle Sawyer serves as the assistant director of public policy and strategic planning at the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). In this leadership role, he oversees federal relations, legislative affairs, strategic planning, and project management — bringing…