Rep Mary Young in the State Representative of House District 50. As a life-long public servant, she spent her career as an educator working in public schools, primarily working with students with behavioral health issues, developmental disabilities, and other learning disabilities. She has been passionate about focusing on those issues while in the State House. In addition, Rep Young's steadfast support for Envision, the CCB serving Weld County, has been monumental. She has a thorough understanding  of the needs of and services required for people with IDD, and even participates in their annual events, including the H’Art of Envision Art Show, 5K in My Shoes, and Rose Reception.

Deborah Rose is the proud recipient of the “2022 Alliance Direct Support Professional of the Year” award.  

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Deborah was born in Pueblo CO, where she grew up in the country. She was 10 when she received a camera for her birthday, and that’s when her interest in photography began. Living in the country, she found interest and appreciation in nature and its beauty. She played sports and was a cheerleader at her small high school. She moved away at 18.

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She has been blessed with four children and seven grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren. Deborah loves working at North Metro, and she shares her love of photography whenever she can. She enjoys teaching her groups about the joy, calm, and beauty of our universe. She says that the smiles she receives each day are all she needs to make her job worth it!

Carson Covey has a board seat on The Arc Arapahoe, Douglas & Elbert Counties. Carson is also privileged enough to sit on the board of the Arc of Colorado. He is in the Leadership Education in the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program. This program I based out of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus! He is studying self advocacy. He got into this field because he had friends who were advocates themselves. Carson is trying to keep his friends’ dreams alive as well as support future generations as they try to navigate the extremely complex disability world. Carson is also involved in many programs that help support people that use augmentative and assistive communication devices. He is an ambassador for PRC Saltillo, which is a company that supports those that use speech generating devices.

Seth graduated from Northglenn High School in 2005 and has worked at the ARC Thrift Stores for over 10 years. He started working in the donation area and eventually became a cashier, and now Seth trains new cashiers.

Seth enjoys the ARC Ambassador Program and says his favorite social event is going to the movies and sailing at Cherry Creek Reservoir. Some of his favorite classes at ARC University are Financial Planning and the Social Media Safety classes.

He received the ARC Thrift Stores’ Hero of the Year Award in 2021. The award is given to employees that are dedicated to ARC Thrift Stores’ Mission and go above and beyond. He has also appeared on news stations supporting ARC Thrift Stores and radio shows.

Some of Seth’s hobbies are; going to the movies, watching WWE Wrestling and playing in Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments with his friends.

Megan Bowser is a Mom of four, including two with additional needs. Her 11-year-old son has multiple disabilities including deafblindness, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism, and is who introduced her to the world of advocacy. She now works as a Family Navigator with Family Voices Colorado, assisting families with children with special healthcare needs access the healthcare resources and government systems they need to thrive. Additionally, she is the founder and administrator of the Denver Special Needs Parent Community, an online resource connecting for over 2,500 local parents to peer support. Along with another mom, Kiera Zink, she worked to expand access for children with deafblindness to trained interveners by collaborating with Colorado Department of Education and now working with Family Voices Colorado to develop and implement the Community Intervener Pilot.