Arizona Illustrated

COACH ADIA BARNES ON MOTHERHOOD UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH ADIA BARNES TALKS ABOUT BALANCING JOB AND FAMILY; AND HOW AN OFF-CAMERA MOMENT DURING THE 2021 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION FOR NORMALIZING MOTHERHOOD. CLARA LEE’S CATS CLARA LEE ARNOLD FEELS CONNECTED TO CATS IN A DEEP WAY. SHE HAS TRAPPED, SPAYED, NEUTERED, AND RELEASED THOUSANDS OF CATS; FOSTERS AND PERMANENTLY HOUSES DOZENS OF CATS AT HER HOME; IS PART OF THE TUCSON CAT HIKING COMMUNITY; AND HAS TRAINED PROFESSOR X, A CAT SHE FOUND IN A DUMPSTER, TO BE A WORLD CLASS THERAPY CAT. JOIN CLARA LEE OUT IN THE STREETS AND ON THE HIKING TRAILS OF TUCSON AS SHE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE, ONE CAT AT A TIME. ROMAN GOES TO COLLEGE LOCAL ASPIRING BLUES MUSICIAN ROMAN BARTEN-SHERMAN HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE BEFORE HE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS YEAR, HE HEADS OFF TO A FIVE-YEAR CONTEMPORARY IMPROVISATION PROGRAM AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND THE NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY.