Meet Ariel Jones she will be in 9th Grade at New Way Academy this fall. She chose this school because it has reading and speech therapy programs. At her previous school, she did not have a lot of services to help with class work and she didn’t feel like she was learning a lot in […]

Leslie is going into 7th grade at St. John the Evangelist in Tucson.  Leslie just completed her fifth year at the school.  Her mother, Erika, was looking for a Catholic school environment because she thought it would be a better fit for the family.  Since the transition to St. John’s, the family has felt more […]

Recently San Miguel High School Alumni, Andreina Valenzuela spoke to a group at Geico’s 15th Anniversary Celebration about how her experience being a recipient of an Arizona Leadership Foundation Scholarship and where she is today. Andreina grew up in what she describes as a lower-income family in the south-side of Tucson. She felt like the […]

The York family had previously been home-schooling their children and then tried a local charter school. It turned out to not be the right fit for their family.  The father, Jerimiah York who is a Pastor at Pastor Ridge Christian Fellowship, had done some speaking engagements at Pusch Ridge Christian Academy and was really impressed […]

Nini Isabel Preciado is a senior at Yuma Catholic High School.  Before she started high school, she had accumulated thirteen college math credits while in middle school by promising that she would strive for an engineering degree in college.  Nini chose Yuma Catholic High School, because she recognized it as a true college-preparatory school; a […]

Giselle Garcia is a senior at St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix.  She started there as a freshman after her parents had heard great things about the school and with the help of a scholarship from the Arizona Leadership Foundation.   She admits she was not a fan of the idea of changing schools and leaving […]

When Brian was three, his family was told that Brian may be “on the autistic spectrum.” They knew Brian was having a difficult time, but this was the first time they heard he might be different. This was the start of a journey that would have Brian tested and retested, moved from school to school, […]

When the Cochran Family moved from North Carolina to Tucson, two years ago, they weren’t sure how they would replace the team that they had built for their son, Sam. He had been diagnosed with autism six years prior, and in that time, the family had quickly learned how much it meant to have the […]

Meet Jacob and Alden, two brothers who attend St. Michael Indian School (SMIS) in St. Michael, AZ through scholarships from the Arizona Leadership Foundation. Jacob is currently a Junior in high school and Alden is starting his Freshman year. Both boys have been at St. Michael since they were in Kindergarten and have done very […]