Embry-Riddle’s Upward Bound Program Celebrates Possibility and Changes Lives When Sheryl Gillum looks out across Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s (ERAU) Prescott campus each June, she sees more than classrooms and dorm halls—she sees possibility. As a long-time...
Airbrush artist & YC instructor Amanda Beland rises above the misconceptions By Michael Grady Amanda Beland is a painter, teacher and entrepreneur. But the Prescott native is first and foremost, an artist. If you don’t get that, she’s happy to set you straight....
PUSD alum joins Prescott Mile High Middle School staff and strives to impact her students’ lives By Tara Fort • Photo by Heather Desousa Though only in her second year as math teacher and Student Council Advisor at Prescott Mile High Middle School, Katie Winter is no...
YC instructor Cassi Gibson Adds Industry Savvy to CTEC’s Electronics Program By Michael Grady “The last thing I ever thought I’d be doing is teaching.” From her office on Yavapai College’s (YC) CTEC Campus, Cassi Gibson still sounds a little surprised. A Bagdad...
Lincoln Elementary School Unites the Mother-Daughter Teacher Superstars By Tara Fort When the Kindergarten teacher position opened up at Lincoln Elementary School within the Prescott Unified School District (PUSD) in the 2024 school year, Lincoln alum Bethany Dillon...
YC Associate Dean Heather Mulcaire opens doors in the Verde Valley By Michael Grady Heather Mulcaire has a nice office on Yavapai College’s Verde Valley Campus … and you’ll never find her there. “I feel like the day is a failure if I’m not out and meeting people,” she...
