Why I mentor: My drive to make the world a better place lines up perfectly with mentoring! I enjoy motivating, shaking things up, and adding a little sunshine to student’s lives, even when things get tough. ☀️ I am all about being there for you and helping you navigate your education journey. 📚✨

What I do in my spare time: I enjoy time with family and helping with meaningful causes like helping veterans, supporting families in need, championing cancer research, and assisting animal shelters.

Fun fact about me: My favorite color is purple and I am absolutely love butterflies! 🦋 I got to witness the fall of the Berlin Wall, met the legendary Muhammad Ali as a kid, and made a cameo in the movie "Jerry Maguire"? I’m on a mission to bring sunshine and smiles to the world, one moment at a time. ☀️😊

Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy heart-pounding outdoor adventures like water skiing, beach bumming, horseback riding, and quad biking. 🚤🏖️🐎

Education: Degree in Business Operations and Management

Why I mentor: I believe that all people deserve the chance to experience the true liberty that a good education allows one to access. “Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave”. – Frederick Douglass, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

What I do in my spare time: I enjoy a lot of activities in my free time including video games, yoga, and rock climbing.

Fun fact about me: I have lived in four different states.

Hobbies/Interests: My hobbies and interests include painting, reading, writing, and singing..

Education: I graduated Suma Cumlade from Arete Preparatory Academy in Gilbert, AZ in 2019. I attended Arizona State University for 1 year 2019-2020.

Why I mentor: I have always enjoyed working closely with students. Previously being a teacher taught me the need for mentoring in the life of a student, especially during hard times.

What I do in my spare time: I enjoy all things sports and outdoors. If I have free time, I also love to read and hang out with my family.

Fun fact about me: I took American Sign Language in High School and try to still keep up with the language today.

Hobbies/Interests: I love TV shows and being outside.

Education: Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Language Arts.

Why I mentor: I didn't take the traditional high school path myself, and I ended up getting my GED. I feel that the support of a mentor would have provided me with what I needed to be successful, so I now mentor to help students that have had similar experiences.

What I do in my spare time: With the majority of my spare time I coach youth sports, mainly basketball and baseball. If I'm not working, or coaching you'll find me with my family, or in my garage working on something.

Fun fact about me: My beautiful wife and I have seven children, four boys, and three girls.

Hobbies/Interests: Communications, sports, outdoors, and working on my house.

Education: Two years of college.

Why I mentor: I mentor because I like to help others have better lives. If there is a barrier someone has then I try to help remove it.

What I do in my spare time: I spend my time with my family and my 2 dogs. I like to fix things around my house.

Fun fact about me: I was born in Mexico, but I was raised in Arizona.

Hobbies/Interests: I like to fix my own things. I enjoy road-tripping.

Education: I have a bachelor's in Speech and Hearing Science from ASU.