School safety resource officer helps students with job, college applications

What: Ben’s Bells promote kindness and community involvement. Each week a person who makes Tucson better is “belled.”

Last week’s recipient: Miguel Figueroa.

Nominated by: Lupita Cabral.

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Why: Figueroa is the school safety resource officer at Cholla High School. He genuinely cares about the students’ futures, wrote Cabral in her nomination letter. He stops and asks students about what their plans are after high school and ofter helps them with their college or job applications. He has become an expert at helping them fill out their applications for student financial aid. Figueroa goes out of his way to make students feel important, Cabral wrote.

More info and to nominate someone: Go to bensbells.org/BellingForm to submit a name. Go to bensbells.org or call 622-1379 for more information.