Disability advocate first Flinn Scholar since 1998 to receive the award By Brian Powell Nathaniel Ross started his advocacy for disability rights when he was only 8 years old.The Mesa native, who grew up experiencing barriers in areas such as…

Mitchell Zakocs is a Class of 2021 Flinn Scholar studying computer science at Arizona State University. Over the summer, Mitchell was an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Washington, D.C., which he describes as possibly one of the…

If you are an excelling Arizona high-school senior, now is the time to apply for the most prestigious college scholarship available in the state.  The application is open for the merit-based Flinn Scholarship, which covers tuition, fees, housing, and meals…

Heather Jensen is a Class of 2020 Flinn Scholar attending the University of Arizona, where she is studying neuroscience and Arabic. In June, Jensen participated in a two-week group summer seminar in France where she traveled with her class from…

Arizona educators who have had substantial impacts on the educations and lives of the Flinn Scholars were recognized by their students during the program’s annual Recognition Luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore.  The Class of 2022 Flinn Scholars spoke about the impact…

Barbra Barnes, a Midwesterner who fell in love with Arizona and taught 200 Flinn Scholars to do the same, passed away at age 90 on May 8—Mother’s Day—at her Phoenix home. Barnes came from Illinois to Arizona in 1984 and…

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected the 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellows, 27 leaders who will participate in Arizona’s most prestigious leadership program on state policy and politics. Members of the 14th cohort of Flinn-Brown Fellows,…