Today on Arizona Horizon, we're talking to a graduate student recognized for his mentorship and a celebrity chef with a new Scottsdale restaurant.

Cordero Holmes, a graduate student at Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, is the student recipient of the 2025 MLK Servant Leadership Award. Holmes, who was formerly incarcerated, now mentors youth and fights injustice against Indigenous peoples. The MLK Servant Leadership Award is handed out every year and recognizes community leaders, ASU faculty, and student for their work in carrying on the servant-based work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

James Beard Award-nominated and TV personality Chef Richard Blais has partnered with Grand Hyatt Scottsdale resort on all of their food and beverage concepts at the property. His new restaurants there include La Zozzona, (his first Arizona restaurant) which translates to "messy Italian." Chef Blais is widely recognized from Bravo’s Top Chef Series as the winner of the inaugural Top Chef All-Stars. He is the author of three cookbooks and currently co-stars alongside Gordon Ramsay on FOX’s Next Level Chef. Chef Blais joins us on the show.

All this and more on Arizona Horizon!

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