Ghai, 32, grew up in Chandigarh, India, where his father played tennis for 30 years. He picked up the sport and has coached in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.

Portner grew up partly in Venezuela, speaking Spanish, before her family moved to Tiburon when she was 13. She says Venezuelan culture remains a core part of her identity.

Leila Al-Moosa and classmates carried water jugs four miles to highlight the burden on girls in developing countries.

Two dads who met through their kids at Tam High spent their careers fighting disease — one tracking bacteria in Gambia, one developing drugs for children with rare genetic disorders.

Julia has applied for Redwood's advanced journalism program, where students write, edit and design a monthly print paper, produce a podcast and run the school's social media.

A couple from Quincy, Illinois, met as high schoolers in the early 1970s. Fifty years, two kids and three grandkids later, they were strolling through Shoreline Park last week.

About 30 archaeologists attending a national conference in San Francisco took a field tour of Angel Island, guided by a Santa Rosa-based colleague who knows the island's history.

Both Floyd and Glasgow remain active in civic and nonprofit work, including clean-energy, arts and public health organizations across the Bay Area and beyond.

Tiburon resident Nikki Perlman says the triangle of school, home and library shapes daily life with her kids, offering simple routines and time outdoors.

“You teach best what you most need to learn.” A Tiburon yoga therapist turned her own chronic pain into a career — working with elite athletes and local students alike.