Miss Arizona 2023 Tiffany Ticlo (Formerly Miss Scottsdale) graduated suma cum Laude this month with a 3.9 GPA from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU with a degree in computer science with an emphasis on software engineering. She also has a minor in music and has released several singles on iTunes.

She has dedicated seven years to her community service initiative STEAM: Bringing Science and the Arts to All Students, in which she holds classroom sessions where she teaches students how to build video games.

Ticlo, who participated in the Miss America Pageant in Januaray, will be handing her crown as Miss Arizona to the next winner in June.

Ticlo, whose sister Isabela was Miss Arizona in 2018 and Miss Arizona USA 2022, is planning a career as a solutions analyst with with Deloitte.

“A lot of big changes are happening with crowning the next Miss Arizona and having my first official in office job,” she said. “It’s a little nerve wracking entering the workforce but I am excited I think more than anything for this new chapter or my life.”