Junior Achievement of Arizona
Stella Winter Hall is an experienced communications specialist currently working at Junior Achievement of Arizona since May 2023. With a strong background in writing and content creation, Stella has worked as a movie and TV feature writer at Static Media, where responsibilities included writing SEO-friendly articles and editing content. Previous roles include content writer at Pennington Creative, where Stella created website, blog, and social media content, and social media specialist at kill iconic music magazine, focusing on audience engagement through video and brand awareness. Stella also has experience as a digital producer at RightThisMinute, where story writing and video production were key duties. Educational credentials include a Bachelor's Degree in English from Arizona State University and an Associate of Arts from Paradise Valley Community College.
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.