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Guests - Senator John Kavanagh, Jennifer Turner-Jones
State Senator John Kavanagh, representing the third legislative district in the Arizona Senate since 2023, brings a unique background to his legislative role. Before entering politics, Kavanagh served 20 years as a Port Authority Police officer in New York City. After retiring, he earned a PhD in criminal justice and moved to Arizona, where he began teaching at ASU and later Scottsdale Community College.
Jennifer Turner-Jones, founder of Southern Arizona Book Heroes, transformed her own childhood trauma into a powerful force for good. At age 13, Turner-Jones was taken from her family due to abuse. "I personally was taken away from my family with nothing but the clothes that I had on and was put into an emergency shelter due to abuse - mental, physical, sexual," she shares.
State Senator John Kavanagh, representing the third legislative district in the Arizona Senate since 2023, brings a unique background to his legislative role. Before entering politics, Kavanagh served 20 years as a Port Authority Police officer in New York City. After retiring, he earned a PhD in criminal justice and moved to Arizona, where he began teaching at ASU and later Scottsdale Community College.
Jennifer Turner-Jones, founder of Southern Arizona Book Heroes, transformed her own childhood trauma into a powerful force for good. At age 13, Turner-Jones was taken from her family due to abuse. "I personally was taken away from my family with nothing but the clothes that I had on and was put into an emergency shelter due to abuse - mental, physical, sexual," she shares.
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