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  • KOFA What's Up Yuma? Radio - Solo Rodriguez, Founder of ZeroCut LLC
    2025/12/19
    19-year-old ASU student and founder of ZeroCut LLC, Solo Rodriguez talks about choosing discipline over distraction, building a company completely from scratch, and the mindset it takes to bet on yourself at a young age. Solo also shares how faith keeps him grounded, why everything he’s building is bigger than himself, and his long-term vision for ZeroCut and beyond.
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    23 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Amanda Mellon, Owner of Dandy Home and Ranch
    2025/12/19
    Amanda Mellon, third-generation Yuman and owner of Dandy Home and Ranch, joins us in the studio to talk about her deep Yuma roots, the story behind creating Dandy as a space that celebrates home, community, and local agriculture, and how it became known as “the front porch of Yuma.” Amanda also shares the journey from small beginnings to a thriving brick-and-mortar business, the role family plays in Dandy, and why making people feel seen has always been at the heart of what she does.
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    32 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Yurem Robles and Mildred Hernandez from Beyond the Harvest are aspiring Health Care professionals
    2025/12/18
    Yurem Robles is one of the students at Kofa High School behind Beyond the Harvest, a student-led community awareness project created through HOSA*. He brought the HOSA club president, Mildred Hernandez, with him. We talked about how growing up in an agricultural community inspired the project, why pesticide exposure became the focus, and how research, storytelling, and community voices turned a competition project into meaningful local awareness.*HOSA = Future Health Professionals (originally Health Occupations Students of America)
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    23 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Coach Chelsea Dewey, leads AWC Lady Matadors with the language of "Basketball"
    2025/12/18
    Coach Chelsea Dewey is Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Arizona Western College. We talked about her path to AWC, last season’s championship run, and what it’s like leading a very young and entirely international roster. With a game day coming up this week, we got into her game-day preparation, recruiting approach, and the Winter Classic happening during the week. You can watch every game of the Chapman Automotive Winter Classic on the Matadors Sports Stream.
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    32 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Jackie Alves of The Beauty Bar loves making women feel good about themselves
    2025/12/17
    Jackie Alves is the founder of The Beauty Bar Makeup Studio and Makeup Artist Academy right here in Yuma. Jackie shares her 30-plus year journey in the beauty industry, from starting at 17 in Las Vegas to building a thriving studio and academy in the Yuma Mall. We talked about addiction and recovery, the difference Jesus made for her, entrepreneurship, mentorship, empowering women, and creating real career opportunities in the beauty industry—even for her own daughter. Jackie runs a successful YouTube channel with the help of her son. The Beauty Bar is on Facebook and Instagram.
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    24 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Jens Stephan of German Fencing Studio is chasing lessons not medals
    2025/12/17
    Jens Stephan is head coach and cofounder of German Fencing Studio in Tucson and one of the most accomplished fencing coaches and competitors in the country. We talked about the world of fencing, his journey from Germany to the U.S., competing and coaching at the highest levels, his work with adaptive athletes, and why fencing is such a powerful tool for personal growth and discipline. German Fencing Studio has opened a second location in Yuma. GFA can be reached on Instagram.
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    32 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - Featuring Josue Hernandez, AWC Television Production Assistant
    2025/12/16
    Josue Hernandez is a Yuma native and Gila Ridge High School graduate who has been a student at Arizona Western College since 2022. Josue is studying media arts while working part-time in AWC’s video production department. He’s part of the student team behind the live television show Wait, We’re Live?! where students write, produce, shoot, and edit a 30-minute live show. We’ll talk about his journey into media, hands-on learning, and what it’s like producing real live TV right here in Yuma. His work received recognition in the AWC Student showcase 2025.
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    32 分
  • What's Up Yuma? Radio - AWC Head Coach Kyle Isaacs
    2025/12/16
    Kyle Isaacs is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at Arizona Western College. Coach Isaacs recently earned his 100th win as Matadors head coach and currently holds a 105–32 record. We’ll talk about his path from Lubbock, Texas, working as a student manager for legendary coach Bobby Knight, building a winning program at AWC, and the Chapman Automotive Winter Classic happening this week with teams from across the country. He also invites youth to the next Chapman AWC WINTER Basketball Camp.
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    24 分