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An aunt and her niece connect over film, ice cream in Tiburon

A Tiburon afternoon with her aunt gave one young woman a chance to slow down, connect and enjoy a scoop of ice cream by the bay.

FRANCISCO MARTINEZ / THE ARKAlice Rodriguez (left) and her niece Yehudi Medrano share ice cream from Malibu Farm at Fountain Plaza on March 3. Rodriguez was visiting Medrano, a San Rafael resident, from Guatemala City — helping her de-stress from school and losing her job.
Francisco Martinez
By FRANCISCO MARTINEZ · 1 min read

Alice Rodriguez and her niece, Yehudi Medrano, sat in the sun at Fountain Plaza March 3 enjoying ice cream from Malibu Farm — mint chocolate for Rodriguez, 39, and chocolate raspberry for Medrano, 21.

Medrano lost her job two days earlier, and Rodriguez says she wanted to help her forget about that stress.

“I was just telling her it’s very cool to not be stressed for a day and just having a normal day like a normal person would be,” Rodriguez says in an interview conducted in both English and Spanish.

Medrano is in her second year studying theater at the College of Marin. She grew up across the Bay Area, living in San Jose, San Francisco, Hayward, Richmond and Sausalito before moving to San Rafael in 2013.

Rodriguez, meanwhile, was visiting Medrano from Guatemala City. She previously spent 18 years living in San Francisco and working as a physical therapist, but her March 3 visit to Tiburon was her first time in town.

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A version of this story appeared in the March 11, 2026, print edition of The Ark. See something wrong? Request a correction.
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