Episode 40- AHWATUKEE ”Ready to E - LOVE ATE your life”

This episode, filmed live from Vero Chicago Pizza in Ahwatukee, features fantastic local businesses, community advocates, and inspiring stories!

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First, we sit down with Theresa Paganini. Theresa first highlights the Arizona Community Theatrical Company (ACT Ahwatukee). ACT guides students to grow, overcome fears, and build confidence through performance, fostering community through the joy of theater. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 24th, at the New School for the Arts and Academics for their "To ACT With Love" Variety Fundraiser and the Cameo Award Banquet. ACT also offers summer programs with All-Star Packages for Weeks 1 (June 9-13), 2 (June 16-20), and 3 (July 7-11), plus a la carte classes and a Moana Jr. production option.

Learn more about ACT HERE: https://azact.org/

Theresa then discusses her own businesses, e-LOVE-ate and Love Yourself Lean. As a Mind Body Transformation Coach and Self-Love Advocate, she explains her passion: helping women use self-love to live with vitality. She offers a year-long deconditioning/reconditioning program to build self-confidence through consistent self-love practice. Theresa focuses on middle-aged women who, despite their success, still feel "not enough."

Learn more about e-LOVE-ate HERE: https://eloveate.co/ 

Learn more about Love Yourself Lean HERE: https://loveyoulean.com/

Next, hear the powerful story of Ruben Gammage, founder of 24 Apparel and Team 24. After losing everything during Hurricane Katrina and experiencing homelessness, Ruben created Team 24 in 2013 to empower Arizona's youth. Valerie Lopez praises Team 24's dedication to community and youth mentorship. The non-profit offers a 6-month football program providing life skills and mentorship, a year-round life skills program, and a year-round financial literacy program, all aimed at helping young people reach their full potential.
Learn more about Team 24 HERE: https://team-24.org/

Finally, meet the inspiring Kate Ringer, Miss Maricopa County's Teen. This 17-year-old junior at Xavier College Prep is a dancer, theatre kid, and competitive archer. Her service initiative, FurEver Friends, aims to improve the shelter quality of life and increase adoption rates for pets, inspired by her own furry companions. Kate also advocates for those with chronic illnesses, drawing on her own experience to inspire others that their illness doesn't define them.

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