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We love evolving representation in the community! \ud83d\ude80 \n\nFair Trade Cafe (@fairtradecafeaz) founder and owner Stephanie Vasquez (@stephanie_azftc) was recently featured in @azbigmedia's round-up of the Most Influential Minority Business Leaders in Arizona. \n\nFor leaders like Vasquez, Latina women only represent 4.3% of leadership positions. Still, the article spotlights the resources Vasquez and her peers are bringing to the table to empower the next generation of leaders. \n\nOne of those initiatives is Vasquez's E.L.L.A (Empowering Latina Leaders in Arizona) organization, which supports the growth of new leadership.\n\nBut Latina business leaders aren't the only people on this list - below is a list of the other PCA Members featured in this round-up:\n\n\ud83d\udd34 Ann Ching, Clinical Professor of Law, @ArizonaStateUniversity\n\u2692\ufe0f Mike Gonzalez, Vice President, McCarthy Building Companies (@McCarthyBuild)\n\ud83d\udca7 Erika Castro, Supply Diversity Program Manager, @SRP \n\ud83d\udca7 Karla Moran, Principal Economic Development Analyst, @SRP\n\ud83c\udf08 Carla Vargas Jasa, President & CEO, Valley of the Sun United Way (@myvsuw)\n\nTo read the digital article and full list, visit our \ud83d\udd17 in bio!
Soon, you can step into a different world at the Arizona Science Center (@azscience)! \ud83c\udf0e \n\nIn early 2025, their five-story Dorrance Planetarium will reopen with a highly impressive technological upgrade. \ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f \n\nThe new 8K+ resolution screen will be a spherical dome, measuring almost 60 ft. in diameter, wrapping around the audience for an immersive screening experience, including state-of-the-art spatial audio. The Science Center is only the third museum in the world to use the new Cosm's LED CX System, following auditoriums in Prague and Fort Worth. \n\nSince the Planetarium first opened in 1997, the theater has welcomed more than two million guests.\n\nWhat's the most memorable screening you've had at the Dorrance Planetarium?
Meet our YLAI friends! \ud83d\udc6c \ud83e\udd1d \n\nLast Thursday, organizations across Phoenix welcomed 14 entrepreneurs from Central and South America and the Caribbean for the 2024 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI), organized by Member Global Ties Arizona (@globaltiesaz). \n\n@DowntownPhoenix and Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA) are lucky to host one of these exceptional entrepreneurs! \ud83d\udc99 Throughout March, they'll shadow our organizations and meet select retail Members to hear successful business practices to replicate in their communities. \n\nAs part of the initial orientation, DTPHX Ambassador Ron gave the entrepreneurs a walking tour of
The Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA) table just got a little bit bigger! \ud83d\udc99 \n\nDuring our Board of Directors meeting at the start of March, three additional directors were appointed to the board by its current makeup of director-level Members:\n\n\ud83d\udcb5 Dillan Knudson, Head of Commercial Banking, Western Alliance Bank\n\ud83d\udc89 Dylan Moore, VEN Centers Manager, Arizona Liver Health (@azliverhealth)\n\ud83c\udfeb Beth Smith, Senior Director, Marketing & Communications, University of Arizona College of Medicine (@uazmedphx)\n\nWith representatives in banking, healthcare, and education, the new directors represent a strong slate of local voices that will steer our organization in the right direction. PCA is excited by the fresh, diverse perspectives they'll bring to the table.\n\nWelcome aboard, Dillan, Dylan and Beth! \ud83e\udd1d