Success Stories

Dr. Jonathan Scott Crider, Director of External Relations, Fox Tucson Theatre
“Success to me means realizing the mission that you set out. The Fox’s mission is to make connections with people and make Tucson proud.
Every time I walk into the Theatre with a full house I am just reminded that all the work is worth it to have the collective people enjoying the work.”

Jesus Acuña with his wife Annette, Owners of Resilient Fitness
“I think a big part of success in the business for both of us has been grit.
Just being able to put in the time, put in the work, shake the hands, meet with the people, meeting adversity, going through the obstacles, and really kind of making the decision that we are going to find a way to make it work.
When we opened up the gym in late 2019, eight months later, Covid hit, and we had to shut down.
I think I lost sleep one night. And then we woke up and we were like nope! We are going to go online! We are going to hand off equipment to the members who are going to work at home. When we reopened, we figured out how to get folks in and moving to the next location.
For me it was, I’m going to work out at the park! You’re going to work out in my garage!
I have been thankful enough that people have followed us since the beginning!
I think of Rhonda, she has been with us from the park to the garage to the gyms and she has probably been with us as long as Eli has been born, ten plus years for our members.
I think the other component of success has been the relationships.
When we were online, we found that was the hardest part, how to establish that relationship and keep that relationship.
So, grit, tenacity and relationships has been a big part of it.