A 2nd Act: Daring to Dream

How Kyle and Sammy Pratt built a holiday wonderland Many wonderful stories begin with “Once upon a time.” It creates a sense of wonder, imagination, adventure and magic. The story […]

A 2nd Act: Theater for Tomorrow

Childsplay helps young audiences understand the world and their place in it The phrase “past performance is no guarantee of future results” is often used in the financial industry. If […]

A 2nd Act: An Unfinished Journey

Fifteen minutes. Not much time in the scheme of things, yet this timetable set Reyna Montoya’s life trajectory. Montoya was born in Tijuana, Mexico, a mere 15-minute walk from the […]

A 2nd Act: From Student to Teacher

How? is something Steve Sanghi often asked that fueled his interest in science, technology and engineering while growing up in small towns in northern India. “Growing up, I had an […]

A 2nd Act: A Picture’s Worth

When you open the photo album depicting Karen Shell’s life to date, you see images that tell a story of tenacity, drive and resilience. The photos do not emphasize her […]

A 2nd Act: Winning the Cultural Tug-of-War

“Going to my first United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) conference was like going to Disneyland,” said Mary Kim Titla. “It was a magical experience. But just like Disney, that […]

A 2nd Act: Artists Known

The tiny sign beside the painting read, “Artist once known.” This was a departure from the typical “Artist Unknown,” when painters’ names are lost. The difference struck Tricia Loscher. “It […]

A 2nd Act: The Golden Thread

Sam Leyvas has been a man on a mission his entire life. That’s not hard to imagine considering his lovely mother, Helen, taught her only child the value of lending […]

A 2nd Act: The Neighborhood House

In 1916, the city of Phoenix ended at the Salt River. But Dwight B. Heard, one of the largest landowners in the Salt River Valley, saw value in the “South […]