{"id":6295,"date":"2025-09-24T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/?p=6295"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:59:47","slug":"shayla-sandoval-wins-2025-next-generation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/leadership\/shayla-sandoval-wins-2025-next-generation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Shayla Sandoval Wins 2025 Next Generation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TAFEF Next Generation Award<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Shayla Sandoval\" class=\"wp-image-6296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-140x140.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shaylasandoval-aaft.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandoval Creative is proud to celebrate a major achievement for one of our own. Shayla Sandoval, Senior Vice President of Client and Creative Services, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Next Generation Award by the Tucson Advertising Federation Educational Foundation (TAFEF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prestigious honor recognizes advertising professionals under 40 who are making bold contributions through leadership, innovation, and the ability to inspire others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shayla leads our client services team with empathy, creativity, and a deep commitment to both our clients and our community. Her work with partners such as Casino Del Sol, Tucson Federal Credit Union, and Nova Home Loans has helped build award-winning campaigns and enduring relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Tucson native and University of Arizona graduate, Shayla also serves as President of El Rio Vecinos, the young professionals board of El Rio Health, raising over $1 million for youth health programs. She is active in her church, a respected photographer, and a generous host to friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Sandoval Creative Founder &amp; President Roman Sandoval put it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;She brings heart, intellect, and integrity to everything she does. Her recognition is well-earned, and it&#8217;s a testament to the future of our industry being in very good hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was held on September 4th at La Paloma Country Club and included a celebration of other awardees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Shayla \u2014 your leadership inspires us every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAFEF Next Generation Award Sandoval Creative is proud to celebrate a major achievement for one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,38],"tags":[72,68,69,73,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-6295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leadership","8":"category-recognition-awards","9":"tag-creative-agency-leadership","10":"tag-next-generation-award-tucson","11":"tag-tucson-advertising-award","12":"tag-tucson-marketing-professionals","13":"tag-women-in-business-tucson","14":"tag-young-leaders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6295"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6401,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions\/6401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandovalcreative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}