Lina Wallen

Lina H Wallen and her husband moved to Flagstaff over thirty years ago to retire. The retirement did not
last long because the second week she arrived in Flagstaff she did witness the horrible thing happened
to a child, so she started volunteering for children welfare.

Her background education in business, education, psychology, and art took her to different non-profit
and government organizations that focus on welfare, equality, and social justice, among others: CASA,
Foster Care Review Board, City of Flagstaff Boards & Commissions (Clean & Green, Board of Adjustment,
Diversity Awareness Commission, Open Space), Habitat for Humanity, NACOG Regional Council on
Aging, VITA, The Guidance Center, Arizona Natural History Association, NARBHA, Flagstaff Light Opera,
Flagstaff American Association of University Women, Northern Arizona Gerontology Association,
Flagstaff Family Food Center, Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review for Coconino County,
Museum of Northern Arizona, Coalition of Coconino Children and Youth, The Diablo Trust, Surrogate
Parent for Flagstaff Unified School District, Coconino Victim Witness, Coconino Amateur Radio Club,
Coconino County Compensation Board, Coconino County Community Emergency Response Team, and
many others.

She received the awards for volunteer works as follows:
1999 Flagstaff Community Valentine Award
2002 Coconino County Best Advocate for Children
2014 IRS for 20 years service as VITA volunteer
2018 Coconino Children Caring Award (the plaque is on the wall at
Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix)
2019 Arizona Daily Sun, Citizen of the Year
2022 Eleanor Roosevelt Kenedy Award
2024 IRS Award for 30 years VITA volunteer