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To celebrate his 65th birthday, ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ alumni Harold Bennett visits Heritage Plaza to visit the inscribed legacy brick with his mother's name.

¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ (¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ) alumnus and Vanguard Award winner Francisco Garcia lives at the intersection of social entrepreneurship and public art, finding his voice as an activist and artist.

In December, ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ alumna Nicole Day graduated Cum Laude from the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Reed Mettler’s path to New York City traces back to ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ (¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ). As a part of
¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ’s Honors Program, Reed discovered the Model United Nations (UN) and then again
when taking Albert Celoza's World Religions course. Reed went on to lead ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ’s
delegation to conferences in Chicago, Illinois and Ventura, California, and he served as
Secretary-General at a conference, igniting Reed’s passion for diplomacy.

Francisco Enuf Garcia graduated from ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ, and then from Arizona State University. While at ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ, he was a selected as a recipient of the Vanguard Award in 2008 by fellow ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ alum Eric Fischl, and was a City of Phoenix Mayor's Art Award recipient.  He is a social entrepreneur creating public art that contain empowering themes of immigration, justice, faith, and Chicano culture.

After working odd jobs across the country after graduation, Marty Manning came back to Phoenix in 1965 and enrolled at ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ (¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ). He participated in numerous stage productions, both behind the scenes and as a performer and began his work in radio in 1970, which lasted almost 50 years. He retired from KEZ in 2019.

A life-defining moment in 2010 changes the trajectory for Luis Herrera and his future. Without a clue what to do after high school, Luis knew he needed to finish college and set an example for his younger sisters and cousins.

¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ is honored to celebrate Mark C. Keever, the College’s 2023 Hero of Education. Mark generously donated more than half a million dollars – the entirety of his estate – to support ¹û¶³Æƽâ°æ students majoring in business.