Student Awards

Attending Pima Community College in Tucson, AZ, Ava aspires to own her own clothing, jewelry and accessory business. Currently she works for Instacart, where she is responsible for online order fulfillment. This past year with Covid restrictions prompted Ava to attend her first semester fully online. She realized her ability to work much faster with Instacart by reducing her social interaction with other employees. Even though she followed all the guidelines for social distancing, Ava looks forward to being able to interact with fellow classmates and employees. She is a Business major with 4.0 GPA.

Brianna aspires to be a social entrepreneur by adapting a toy subscription library for kids with special needs and learning disabilities. She is also hoping to manufacture an educational organizational system for children with learning disabilities. Currently, Brianna is an after schoolteacher at Montessori Preschool. This gives her firsthand experience with preparing and leading enrichment activities for all students to promote social, physical and intellectual growth. She started as an intern and learned the accounts billable and receivables and expanded into marketing and HR. This hands-on experience gives Brianna the opportunity to develop her business model to help those in need. Business Management major at Arizona State University with a 3.82 GPA.

With the help of business partners, Tyson has developed an innovative beauty services discovery and booking platform. The concept behind this idea is to allow pricing adjustments based on the availability of the hairstylist at any given moment. Gaps or available appointment times in the stylists’ schedules might suggest a lower cost than times during the day/week that many customers compete to book. This allows the stylist to better adjust their pricing relative to their availability and gives the customer a price option for choosing a different time for their appointment. This idea has already launched and can be found at www.fayd.app.  Tyson will graduate in 2022 with a degree in Business Administration with a current GPA of 3.5

Upon graduation from University of Chicago in June 2022, with a degree in Economics with a Specialization in Business, Alex hopes to pursue his travel startup: Baryl. As one of its co-founders he has spent the last five months networking with serial entrepreneurs, angel investors, professors and interviewing hundreds of potential customers for his business. His business model has been accepted in two early-stage accelerator programs through Future Founders and Edge Entrepreneurship. With Zoom meetings being used exclusively during the COVID-19 restrictions, Alex hosted Zoom medication session and other fun online activities to help reduce the physical stress of quarantining. He also used this time to expand on his cooking Instagram. Alex currently holds a 3.81 GPA

Pursuing her proprietary granola business called “bumble and butter” at the commercial kitchens of Cornell University. Plans on making product at-scale with a manufacturer in Vermont. Goals include distribution to additional Whole Foods grocery stores.

Developed Handmade Soap Club and markets specialty soaps online through a monthly subscription plan.

Developed an app for lawn service called Moe Mow’s which is a tech enabled lawn service allowing homeowners to save time and money related to their landscaping needs.

Developing innovative solutions for those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

President of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization at American Univ. Recipient of various awards and volunteers time with younger students.

With interests in the fashion industry, developed a web based app that helps couples seek out new and exciting classes, activities and ideas for date night by helping local businesses fill empty spots for these activities. Placed fourth in pitch competition.

Developed a mobile based solution to reduce police response time and notify nearby app users of an active shooter situation. Received many awards, instrumental in opening a CEO chapter at Fort Hays, works as a coordinator at dept of entrepreneurship.

Understands the challenges and benefits of being an entrepreneur.

Studying entrepreneurship in order to open her own yoga studio.

While completing a masters degree in nutrition and dietetics hopes to open her own culinary space to host cooking classes, popup dinner and other events.

As one of the first student Entrepreneurship Consultants at Salisbury University, assisted in the operations and promotions of the Development Hub for Entrepreneurs. Hopes to use this experience to one day develop his own business.

While attending High School, served as President of the local chapter of DECA and is studying business administration.

Attending high school, working as hostess and assisting in marketing efforts at a local restaurant and served as President of the AZ DECA.