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Stephanie Hoffman born October 31, 1960 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was the 5th oldest child of eleven children of Helen Ann Richardson their Mother. Lonnie Hoffman, Stephanie's Father was from Hoffman, Oklahoma and her Mother was born in Houston, Texas. While Stephanie's mother and father never married they were great friends. Helen would allow Lonnie to come and take her and his other children; Lionel and Debra in order to establish a relationship with his children. During Stephanie's early years she loved spending time with her father. He would take them to the watermelon fields and they all would cut watermelons to take around the neighborhood to sell. Stephanie father was a World War II veteran. During her special times with her father she loved going to the pool room and playing pool with him. He would always let her win, she stated many times. Stephanie remembers the fun times she had with her siblings playing spades, dominoes, gin rummy and Monopoly. Their Mother taught them how to have family to everyday. Each day after getting home from school they would have to complete their chores and homework. Their Mother would have dinner ready and everybody sat at the table together for dinner time. Stephanie often spoke of the times she spent outside with the chickens, rabbits, and ducks they had in their back yard. She loved playing with the neighbors and her brothers and sisters without a worry in the world.

Stephanie's early education began at Wilson Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona. Her favorite subject was math. She attended a very diverse elementary school. She enjoyed volleyball and running while attending Wilson. When she was in the eighth grade the school shut down and her family had to relocate because of the expansion of the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Her family moved to the west side of Phoenix and Stephanie finished the eighth grade at Mary Bethune Elementary School. She only attended for six months and was awarded a full scholarship for high school and college on academics. She attended East High School all four years of her higher education years. While attending East High Stephanie joined DECCA and Junior Achievement. While a member of JA she attended two years of high school at Phoenix Union High school at part of the program. She received a certificate in Cooking and Data Entry. This experience provided Stephanie with the opportunity to start a job at the Valley National Bank of Arizona upon her graduation.

Stephanie's working years began with Valley National Bank as a Data Entry Operator. She soon was promoted to lead operator. Stephanie stayed with VNB for 10 years and then left because of a better opportunity with Security National Bank of Arizona. There she was hired as a Micro Fiche Specialist. Soon Security National Bank of Arizona was bought out by Bank of America and Stephanie went to work in their Trust Department as an Trust Operations Assistant. She soon applied and was promoted as the first and only African American female working in the department as an Administrative Assistant. Stephanie worked as a Trust Administrative Assistant for over 25 years. Soon she was able to be hired as her dream job. She applied and was hired as an Auditor for the Arizona Department of Revenue.

At the age of 16 years of age Stephanie accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior. She joined the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Rev. Carnell Noble Hall. During this time she meet Bennie Ira Hughes and from their union Tyandra L. Hughes was born in 1985. Stephanie stated that her daughter had a great father; he would took his time to make sure a great relationship was developed between the both of them. Unfortunately he died when she was seven years old. While Stephanie only bared one child, she did raise two other children Sacorra Hall and Ryan Parker. All three of her children grew up and became great parents of their own. Whether by birth of adoption she would state she was very proud of them. Tyandra bore four children, RicKayla, Talayjah, Bobby, Jr., and Khye; plus she raised her great niece Angel. Sacorra has on son Brian.

Stephanie community service began with the guidance of Helen Knox, who taught her that giving back to the community was our responsibility as a citizen of the United States. She worked with the United Parents & Youth League, Inc. which sponsors the Juneteenth Celebration. Which holds annual events such as a Basketball Tournament, Art and Talent Show, and all day festival at East Lake Park on or around June 19th each year. This event reminds people of when Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. While the Emancipation of Proclamation was signed in January, most blacks did not get the word until June. This is because the slave masters wanted the slaves to pick one last crop. Money raised from Juneteenth goes to deserving students graduating from high school in the form of scholarships as they attend college or university. She also was involved with the Black Youth Recognition Organization. Which was garnered to inspire youth to seek higher grounds in education. Each year at Arizona State University students from 6th grade to high school would come to hear presenters encourage them to continue to go to school. Since most students would drop out in high school and not graduate. The money from this event also was given to students in the form of scholarship for college. Stephanie also became a Poll Worker for the Maricopa County Elections. She has been working elections since her Grandmother Virginia Rosa Curry and her Aunt Shirley White got her involved. She has inspired her daughter Tyandra to do the same thing keeping the family tradition going.

Stephanie second home church is the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, where she joined under the leadership of Rev. Isaac Pitre. She was an active member of the Women's Ministry and Usher Board Auxiliary. Stephanie still works as an auditor and she states her greatest accomplishment is being a grandmother to all of the grandchildren. She says she especially loves serving God through her church by working on programs, and printing the church bulletins each week. Please note this page is a work in progress.