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ASSOCIATION GOVERNANCE 7 SPRING 2025 | ADVOCATE Continues, next page. Emily Freed Each year that I have taught, you, my colleagues, have been kind enough to elect me to the AEA Delegate Assembly and the NEA Representative Assembly. e members in my building have also elected me as AR. Please help me continue working for our Association by voting for Emily Freed! Jason Freed As a leader in our Association I've served as local president, bargaining team member, PAC Committee member, AEA and NEA committee chair, Compliance Chair and as your NEA Director. I've worked hard for our Association and I'm again asking you to vote for Jason Freed as a Statewide Delegate. Marisol Garcia As your AEA President, I will continue to be proud to represent AEA at the 2025 NEA RA. I look forward to bringing the voices of Arizona educators to a national stage. I promise to continue to energize, organize, and lead this summer. I ask for your continued support. Amber Gould As an RA delegate, I will work to upli Arizona educators, advocate for equity, and fulfill the promise of public education by building strength through solidarity. With your vote, I will use my experience as your AEA Treasurer and local leader to represent our union in these pivotal national discussions. Harvey Hart Dear Honored Members, If given the opportunity to represent our union I would bring dedication, honesty, transparency and help build our collective capacity. I want the union to mean something to all members, stick up for members when needed, and educate everyone about our unified power. Sincerely, Harvey Kinora Hernandez I have been an AEA member for 35 years. I am past KEA President and Vice President. I have sat on numerous KEA/ AEA/NEA committees and have chaired KEA and AEA committees. I have also been on the AEA Board of Directors and AEA Foundation Board. ank you for your vote. Martin Jenkins As an active ESP changemaker in my district, community, and Association, I believe in and know the immense value our Education Support Professionals bring to our schools and our Union. Visibility, representation, investment, and, above all, rESPect are what our ESPs deserve. Our potential is vast. See us run! Cary Kelly Cary Kelly is the Flowing Wells EA president and an ELD teacher at Flowing Wells High School in Tucson. He has never gone to NEA-RA. He cares about the union providing value to members at the site level, and he's hustling to create a transparent, communicative, and upliing local. Jesus Anthony Lovio At a time when education and democracy are under attack we need to continue using our collective voices to fight for our students and profession. I ask for your vote to join me in the fight, and stand up for the schools our students and educators deserve at the NEA-RA. Brienne McCreery As the Flowing Wells EA Membership Chair and a preschool Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), Brienne prioritizes equitable education for all, especially early learners and those with special needs. She has not yet attended NEA-RA, but she is eager to bring her particular perspective as a preschool SLP to this event. Hillary McLeod A statement or photo was not submitted. Angela Philpot As your elected AEA Vice President, I am asking for your vote to serve as a delegate to the 2025 NEA-RA. Having all three of your AEA officers working with our delegates at the NEA-RA is vital to an informed, effective delegation while we are representing Arizona at the NEA-RA. Nate Ratey Union brothers and sisters, I am asking for your vote. As a member of the AEA Board of Directors, a past president and a site rep, I am a proven leader in our organization. It is now or never to save our public education system, I will represent you! Christy Sainz I would love the opportunity to represent our members at the NEA- RA this July. I have been an AEA/Tucson EA member for 27 years; serving on the Racial and Social Justice Task Force, EMC Chair, current NEA Hispanic Caucus Secretary, and Tucson EA Secretary. anks for your support. Silvia Vallin- Alvarado Please give me the opportunity to represent you at NEA-RA. I have the honor of representing our union as the AEA ESP-At-Large Alternate Director -2024- Current. Hispanic Caucus Member 2002-current, AEA Member since 2007-present. President to my district union- ESP of Chandler 2009-Present. Becky Williams As a career-long AEA member, past Scottsdale EA president, and current AEA Regional Director, I strive to be centered in the values that form the foundation of AEA's work. I would be honored to have your vote to serve as an elected delegate to the 2025 NEA RA. Retired Anna Cicero I serve as the AEA Retired President, as retired teacher/school counselor combining 43 years in union activism. As a leader of color, I passionately strive to protect our pension from threats and advocate for our union's education priorities with unbreakable solidarity. I respectfully ask for your vote. Maria Leyva I am Maria Leyva, AEA Retired Secretary on the Executive Board, and a proud AEA active and retired member since 1993. I retired in 2020, and would be proud to represent AEA Retired at the NEA Representative Assembly. ank you for your vote. Luci Banales Messing I would like to continue being a strong voice for AEA, AEA Retired, NEA, and NEA Retired educators. I have diligently represented you at past RAs by actively participating in the important discussions and decision making that take place at the NEA RA. I respectfully ask for your vote. Regional Election Districts Election District A Kinora Hernandez I have been an AEA member for 35 years. I am past KEA President and Vice President. I have sat on numerous KEA/ AEA/NEA committees and have chaired KEA and AEA committees. I have also been on the AEA Board of Directors and AEA Foundation Board. ank you for your vote.