Student Spotlights

January Family Spotlight: Meet the Burke Family from The Jones-Gordon School

January 26, 2023

Meet the Burke Family, Kadence is in 9th grade and Jakob is in 8th grade at The Jones-Gordon School. Amanda, their mom is also a teacher at the school where she …

Meet the Conner-Townsend Family from St. Joseph Catholic School in Tucson Photo

Meet the Conner-Townsend Family from St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Tucson

November 21, 2022

Meet the Conner-Townsend Family. Robert and Dolores Conner adopted their six grandchildren so they could provide them with a fresh start and the greatest chance for success. They moved their grandchildren from Pinetop …

Meet Waylon from the Foundation for Blind Children Photo

Meet Waylon from the Foundation for Blind Children

October 25, 2022

Meet Waylon, who is in first grade at the Foundation for Blind Children (FBC). Waylon has a very rare chromosome abnormality that has caused multiple disabilities including cortical visual impairment. …

September “Where Are They Now” Spotlight: Luis Jimenez

September 30, 2022

Over a decade ago, Luis Jimenez played in a grade school Mariachi Band at the Arizona Leadership Foundation Scholarship Fair. Luis played the violin and sang as part of the …

August Spotlight: Meet Alecs from St. Mary’s

August 10, 2022

Every year, The Arizona Leadership Foundation hosts our donors for a breakfast event in May to celebrate our Corporate Champion’s contributions to education across Arizona. This year for our 10th …