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Flores is the new KJZZ/KBAQ PR coordinator

Annette Flores, PR coordinator for KBAQ 89.5 and KJZZ 91.5

Annette Flo­res is the newly appointed pub­lic rela­tions coor­di­na­tor for Val­ley pub­lic radio sta­tions KBAQ 89.5 and KJZZ 91.5. Flo­res tran­si­tioned to this new post in July, after serv­ing as the sta­tions’ grant writer and pledge drive coor­di­na­tor since 2007.
Flo­res has more than 20 years expe­ri­ence in mar­ket­ing, pub­lic rela­tions and broad­cast­ing. Prior to […]

LULAC honors Arizona leaders

Tony Estrada

The League of United Latin Amer­i­can Cit­i­zens (LULAC) held their national con­ven­tion in July, where Ari­zo­nans were hon­ored at the pres­i­den­tial ban­quet. Pima County Sher­iff Clarence Dup­nik, Santa Cruz County Sher­iff Anto­nio “Tony” Estrada and Tuc­son Coun­cil­man Richard Fim­bres each received the Rosa Ros­ales Pres­i­den­tial Cita­tion for their lead­er­ship and advocacy roles.

Abril is new NAMI Phoenix VP

Gloria Abril

Glo­ria Abril has been appointed vice pres­i­dent of the Phoenix chap­ter of the National Alliance on Men­tal Ill­ness (NAMI). Abril cur­rently leads fam­ily sup­port groups in Eng­lish and Span­ish, and has taught Fam­ily to Fam­ily classes.

Medina joins 21st Century Vitamins

Martha Med­ina has accepted a posi­tion as direc­tor of qual­ity con­trol with Phoenix-based 21st Cen­tury Vit­a­mins, one of the largest inter­na­tional man­u­fac­tur­ers of dietary sup­ple­ments in the United States. Medina was pre­vi­ously direc­tor of qual­ity, research and devel­op­ment with Inno­v­a­tive Brands. She has her master’s and doc­tor­ate degrees in chem­istry from Ari­zona State University.

Escamilla named to Suns Nite Hoops board

Ser­gio Escamilla, a per­sonal injury attor­ney who heads up Escamilla Law Group, PLLC, was recently named to the Suns Nite Hoops (SNH) board of direc­tors. SNH is ded­i­cated to young adults in need of voca­tional devel­op­ment, edu­ca­tional advance­ment and life-skills enhance­ment. Ser­vices are gratis for young men 18 to 25 years of age.

Arellano moves to federal immigration court

Judge Silvia Arellano

Judge Sil­via Arel­lano has been appointed to a fed­eral judge­ship in the Fed­eral Immi­gra­tion Court. She will go through train­ing in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., with other newly hired judges from around the United States. Prior to this appoint­ment she served as the pub­lic fidu­ciary, and was also a Supe­rior Court judge for close to 20 years.

Medina chosen for ALL IN program

The National His­pana Lead­er­ship Insti­tute (NHLI) selected 22 Latina non­profit pro­fes­sion­als for their inau­gural Advanc­ing Latina Lead­ers in Non­prof­its (ALL IN) Pro­gram. Joyce Med­ina, junior pro­gram offi­cer for edu­ca­tion with the Ari­zona Com­mu­nity Foun­da­tion, was among those selected. Med­ina works on the grant review and admin­is­tra­tion of a $20-million fund to sup­port statewide sys­temic edu­ca­tion reform. […]

Diaz chosen for Arizona Bar Leadership Institute

Suzanne Diaz, an asso­ciate in the Tuc­son office of Fen­nemore Craig, will par­tic­i­pate in the 2010–2011 Ari­zona Bar Lead­er­ship Insti­tute, a pro­gram for fos­ter­ing pro­fes­sional growth and lead­er­ship skills among a diverse group of Ari­zona attor­neys. Diaz prac­tices in all areas of civil lit­i­ga­tion. She rep­re­sents cor­po­rate and indi­vid­ual clients in a vari­ety of contract, […]

APS pays tribute to diverse businesses

Frank Rivera

Acknowl­edg­ing the impor­tant role women and minority-owned busi­nesses play in the company’s suc­cess, APS recently hon­ored eight com­pa­nies with its inau­gural Key Busi­ness Part­ner Award. The com­pa­nies were rec­og­nized at a lun­cheon cel­e­brat­ing busi­ness diver­sity in our com­mu­nity. Among the hon­orees were Jose L. Var­gas, owner of Var­gas Gen­eral Engi­neer­ing, LLC; pres­i­dent and CEO of […]

In the Pink of la moda

Photo: cLorae.baca.photography 2010

Dan­ica Coral is in the Pink House in Glendale’s his­toric district

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