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Jerry Cabrera, President/CEO, participated in a panel discussion about the future of biosciences in AZ, hosted by the Flinn Foundation (Sept. 2025).

ESW celebrated its inaugural Innovation Showcase, featuring PWRJoule, Elemental LifeSpa, VirtuProbe Labs, JetLock FX, and VinSense (Sept. 2025).

ESW was excited to join the ASU Local Fall 2025 Student Orientation and see our very own interns start their year (August 2025).

This summer, ESW intern Jocelyn L. Ochoa completed her internship with Best Healthcare (August, 2025).

ESW celebrated our amazing interns! These students spent the summer diving into hands-on experiences (July, 2025).

ESW had a stellar time exhibiting at last week’s Arizona Aerospace, Aviation + Defense & Manufacturing Conference! (July, 2025). 

ESW was proud to join the Health Industry Summit alongside healthcare employers, educators & community leaders (June, 2025).

ESW presented the Intro to Cyber Bootcamp, giving students the chance to explore cybersecurity & coding (June, 2025).

ESW was honored to be among 26 local nonprofits receiving generous support from the Fort Yuma Rotary Club (June, 2025).

ESW celebrated its incredible Spring 2025 STEM interns and the meaningful impact of their hard work (May, 2025).

ESW was recognized as STEDY’s 2024–2025 CTE Champion of the Year. This reflects our commitment with the students (May, 2025).

ESW welcomed Mary O’Reilly and Nicole Hill from the Flinn Foundation during their recent visit to the Greater Yuma Region (May, 2025).

ESW attended the 2025 Venture Madness Conference, a high-energy gathering of innovators and entrepreneurs (April, 2025).

ESW representatives attended the 2025 Smart City +IoT Conference hosted by the AZ Tech Council in Phoenix, AZ (April, 2025).

The ESW team attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new mechanical engineering labs at NAU – Yuma (April, 2025).

The ESW team attended the State of the City Address event led by Mayor Douglas Nicholls (April, 2025). 

ESW attended the AZ Space Summit, along with GYEDC, for a full day of collaboration, innovation, and vision (March, 2025).

Jerry Cabrera, ESW President/CEO, attended the Aerospace Innovation Day at ASU Skysong in Phoenix, AZ (March, 2025).

The ESW team attended the AURP Spring Training in Tempe, AZ, to connect w/ industry leaders and innovators (March, 2025).

ESW had the opportunity to present the Yuma Spaceport to the AZ House Science and Technology Committee (February, 2025).

ESW attended the groundbreaking of the first Rural Community Hospital led by the Regional Center for Border Health (Jan. 2025).

Best wishes to our Administrative Assistant, Vanessa Farfan, as she begins an exciting new chapter in Michigan (January, 2025).

Students from the EV Innovators Club at Crane School showcased their work at the Dorothy Young Light Parade (Dec. 2024).

The ESW team had the incredible opportunity to attend the AURP International Conference in Northwest Arkansas (November, 2024).

ESW attended the Inaugural Aerospace, Aviation, Space & Defense Committee Mtg. hosted by AZ Tech Council (Dec. 2024).

Students at Crane Middle School have been hard at work over the past few months in the EV Innovators Club (December, 2024).

Representatives of Elevate Southwest and PWRJoule attended 12th Southern AZ Tech + Business Expo in Tucson, AZ (Oct. 2024).

The Elevate Southwest team had an awesome time at the "Tacos and Tunes" event hosted by the City of Yuma (Oct. 2024).

Community members joined for a town hall at Yuma City Hall. They learned about the upcoming ESW Innovation Hub (Oct. 2024).

ESW board members and staff, participated in the AZ/Mexico Relations Summit in Tucson, AZ (September, 2024).

Jerry Cabrera, Elevate Southwest President / CEO, participated at the 2nd Yuma County Career Exploration Insitute (July, 2024).

ESW led a 2-week drone course focused on youth from the Yuma area. They learned about protocols and regulations (June, 2024).

ESW board members and its president attended an enlightening presentation at the ASU Decision Theater (June, 2024).

Tech Parks Arizona hosted a dynamic team from Yuma including Jerry Cabrera from ESW and Jenna Evans from Stiletto (May, 2024).

Jerry Cabrera, Elevate Southwest President / CEO, participated during the Brownfields to Innovation District workshop (May, 2024).

The GYEDC hosted keynote speaker Paul Brierley, AZ Dpt. of Agriculture; Jerry Cabrera, ESW; and Phillip Way, YC Broadband Program (April, 2024).

ESW met with Mexicali's leaders to discuss the industry's current and future needs to create a solid workforce strategy (Feb. 2024).

ESW met with Yuma's leaders to discuss the industry's current and future needs to create a solid workforce strategy (Feb. 2024).