(she, her, hers) I have always felt that when you are in a position to help someone, it is your duty to do so. When you have a passion, take your energy and go after it. My passion is to use my voice to help our children by working to ensure that all children are afforded a fully funded and equitable education. Upon enrolling my oldest son in public school years ago, I witnessed a very broken education funding system. From the low priority and lack of value placed on public education to the lack of information and misinformation constituents receive about education funding, our children are the ones that ultimately suffer. I began this journey volunteering in different capacities with my children’s schools’ Parent Teacher Organizations and the experiences showed me that the starting point for our crucial lack of education funding is our state government. This led me to volunteer for the Scottsdale Unified School District’s Yes2Children Campaign where I learned about the exhausting work of renewing School Bonds and Overrides just so our public schools could maintain what they have, which isn’t nearly enough. From there, I worked to revive the Scottsdale Parent Council. As its Vice President of Advocacy for two years, I used my position to inform our community about the education funding system and how critical it is to support and elect legislators that are education warriors and who understand the benefits we all reap when our public education system is properly funded and all kids are provided a fair and equitable education. My goal is for everyone to see that our state will only prosper, whether it be economically, culturally or by other means if we wholly and equitably fund public education. Lisa is the co-owner and business manager for Phoenix Mountain Animal Hospital.