Petra Falcon
Petra Falcon is the Executive Director of Promise Arizona (PAZ). Since its creation in 2010, PAZ has registered tens of thousands of new voters, helped hundreds acquire citizenship or legal status, and launched the careers of community leaders across the country. Petra has achieved significant victories over her 25 years of traditional grassroots organizing, institutional capacity building, faith community engagement and electoral organizing in Arizona and the Southwest. She was a recipient of the 2018 Diversity Award in Education, Business and the Community presented by the West Valley Foundation, as well as a recipient of Mexico's prestigious Ohtli Award.