Junior Achievement of Arizona
Nathaniel George is an emerging leader in youth advocacy and entrepreneurship, currently serving as the Governor's Youth Commissioner at the Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family. In this role, Nathaniel focuses on education initiatives promoting post-secondary readiness. As a Young Ambassador for Junior Achievement of Arizona, Nathaniel advocates for financial literacy and workforce readiness. Nathaniel founded The Cactus Flower Initiative for Youth Entrepreneurship, enhancing access to business resources for Phoenix youth. Additionally, Nathaniel contributes as a writer for HealthForHER, serves on the Teen Advisory Council for Phoenix Public Library, and has gained valuable experience through internship positions with TurnUp Activism and Bank of America. Nathaniel's education includes studies at Duke University, focusing on Economics and Public Policy, and a high school diploma from Brophy College Preparatory.
Junior Achievement of Arizona
For the last 60+ years, Junior Achievement of Arizona (JA) has been empowering the futures of millions of Arizona students by giving them the knowledge and skills they need to manage their money, plan for their future, and make smart academic, career and economic choices. Delivered by 9,500 business and community volunteer mentors, our hands-on, age-appropriate programs focus on three key areas: financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship. Serving more than 80,000 students each year and over 2 million since its founding, JA is shaping the college- and career-readiness conversation, and we play an important role in Arizona’s workforce and economic development. Our programs help students connect what they learn in the classroom to the real world, and demonstrate how learning correlates to earning – knowledge critical to empowering today’s students to be successful, contributing members of society in the future. We serve students with diverse backgrounds and socio-economic status throughout Arizona, with primary focus on providing our programs to students from low-income households. We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization wholly dependent on the financial and volunteer support of individuals, foundations and businesses.