Our thesis revolved around the Maryvale community and was centered by a Photovoice project that was a Youth Participatory Action Research method. Being a project led by the youth we continued their stories and expanded off of the topics that we discussed in our photovoice meetings. In our thesis podcast we discussed the expectation and reality of moving to a new country, the colorism our community as well as other communities face, and the health disparities that are present within underrepresented communities. We were able to expand on these topics and tie it back to the conversations we had with each other four years prior to doing our podcast and how little or how much these topics have changed and evolved.

This creative project explores the variety of necessary tasks that one must undergo in order to start a clothing brand. As part this project, the athleisure, unisex clothing brand de Roos was created, which explores what it means to leave a legacy as the last descendant of the de Roos family. Through a rollercoaster of trials and tribulations, these final reflection videos explore what it has taken to bring this venture to life in an ever-competitive fashion industry.

Common readability formulas aim to describe the understandability of a given text for a defined context. This study used the context of technical documentation and designed a readability formula to better describe the understandability of that context. This was done by gathering a dataset of technical documentation provided by Intuillion, a company specializing in technical documentation, and completing a multiple linear regression with the average readability score as the dependent variable and the readability statistics for each document as the independent variables. The regression coefficients were calculated and adjusted based on a weighting formula and they were applied to the final formula. This formula is intended specifically for technical documentation and produces results based on a new index rather than grade level.

“The Power of Family in Entrepreneurship: The Story of Avanti Ristorante” is a thesis project with a dual purpose: to preserve family history, and to explore and learn from the entrepreneurial journey of the DiMarzio and Mancini families. After emigrating from Italy to the United States, these two families opened Avanti, and Italian restaurant in Cheyenne, WY. Through decades of hard work, they made immeasurable impact on their community. Their story told through the medium of an 18-minute documentary film. The film features in-depth interviews with Marisa DiMarzio, Gino DiMarzio, Roberto Mancini, and Lucia Manici, supported by photos and artifacts from their thirty year tenure as restaurateurs. Viewers of the film will glean valuable lessons about the importance of a dedication to service as the driving force behind successful entrepreneurship. The documentary can be viewed via the link in the PDF, or on the Center for Entrepreneurship YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQhW4j8hReH6Lgeuy5hmdQ