With slightly more than a year until Arizona's centennial, the state is changing as rapidly as ever.
A Bootcamp/Cronkite production
A naturalization ceremony montage edited with footage by Elvina Nawaguna-Clemente, Tarryn Mento, Brandon Quester and Bastien Inzaurralde.
Video by Bastien Inzaurralde
Each week in Phoenix as many as 100 legal residents become American citizens.
Slideshow by Brandon Quester
Some Arizona families date back generations. Others? Merely days. But no matter how long they've been here, inhabitants of The Copper State share in and contribute to each other's Southwest experience, forging common bonds.
Hear their stories by clicking on an image below.
