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City-wide Young Man & Young Woman Award Winners

Jose Razo and Adriana Delgado were selected as this year's Outstanding Young Man & Young Woman City-wide winners.


Jose Razo, City-wide Outstanding Young Man

The Citywide Outstanding Young Man of the Year is Jose Razo, a senior at GateWay Early College High School. Jose volunteers every Saturday with a state representative and helps organize his church’s weekly
community youth service. He helps promote his high school and will be graduating in May with a high school diploma and an associate’s degree. Jose is active in building his community and also volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. Jose, like Adriana, wants to pursue a doctoral degree in business. He wants to work for a large corporation, particularly in corporate giving. Jose pushes himself to constantly do better, always reminded by what his father says, “Achieve what I could not.”



Adriana Delgado, City-wide Outstanding Young Woman

The Citywide Outstanding Young Woman of the Year is Adriana Delgado, a senior at Trevor G. Brown High School. Adriana started a club at her campus called, “La Familia,” which encourages her fellow
students and their families to make a positive difference in the community and to seek higher education. She also started the club at another high school in Arizona. Adriana has also participated as the executive officer of her schools Army and Air Force Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps and volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club, in addition to helping her mother take care of their family. She also contributes to the city of Phoenix through her volunteer work and commitment to the community. Ten years from now, she plans to be working on her doctorate and designing a new sun block lotion that can block all UV rays to prevent skin cancer in the world. She is going to ASU next year to major in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Marketing.


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