Scholars Profiles

Alumni Voices: Paul Michael Thomson

June 03, 2025

Flinn Scholar Class of 2011 University of Arizona Actor and Playwright Q: Can you share a little about your current role and what excites you most about your work? Like a millinery model, I wear many different hats! This includes…


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Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero

April 01, 2023

In October of last year, Class of 2012 Flinn Scholar Trevor Barroero participated in an audition for perhaps his only chance—at least for the foreseeable future—to return to the city and state he loved with the position he had desired…


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Kris Mayes praises Flinn Scholarship’s impact on road from Prescott to Attorney General

March 13, 2023

By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Kris Mayes had two main loves as a kid growing up in Prescott, Arizona. One was writing and journalism. The other, politics and government. Mayes has been remarkably successful in pursuing both her interests, serving as…


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Flinn Scholar Nathaniel Ross heads to Oxford on Rhodes Scholarship

December 19, 2022

Disability advocate first Flinn Scholar since 1998 to receive the award By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation Nathaniel Ross started his advocacy for disability rights when he was only 8 years old. The Mesa native, who grew up experiencing barriers in areas…


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Flinn Scholar Kevin Bonine

August 01, 2020

Flinn Scholar alumnus Kevin Bonine (1990) is director of education at Biosphere 2 and a science faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of…


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Flinn Scholar Ben Trumpinski

August 22, 2019

I always have lots of advice to give to potential Flinns, but the overarching theme in every conversation is do something and be passionate about it. In reality, it doesn’t matter what exactly you do, what your political views are,…


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Flinn Scholar Sarah Bosch 

August 01, 2019

Sarah Bosch is a Class of 2013 Flinn Scholar from Flagstaff High School. She attended the University of Arizona, graduating with degrees in neuroscience and cognitive science. Her journey to Malaysia and through the wilderness of Arizona has inspired her to apply…


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