Adelene Pereyra: “I have been in the Dougherty drama program since my junior year. I worked as a stage manager and set designer for last year’s production of ‘High School Musical,’ I did set...
Tara Escobar: “I’ve been playing soccer for about 10 years now, and I play either left back or defensive middle. But at some point in my life I’ve pretty much played every position on the field....
Amiya Sheshadri: "Last year, I had power walking with Shreya Maheshwari, and she was talking about this organization called Hindu Student Council. Before her, I never heard of this, so I was very intrigued...
Caleb Chia: “I’ve been playing the guitar for about one year now. I was initially inspired by YouTube tutorials, and it seemed fun to learn new pieces. And though I had played the violin for four years...
Dougherty Valley varsity wrestling co-captain, senior Madison Macachor, won first in the East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) wrestling championship at Dublin High School on Feb. 11, advancing to compete in...
Sanvi Gupta: “I started water polo before COVID and I joined a club [when] I was eight or nine and then I stopped during COVID and I joined the school team this year. I was already a swimmer and so that...
Neela Vani: “It was sixth or seventh grade, when I finally realized that my iPad had an app on it called GarageBand. I got really into music by seventh or eighth grade, especially as I started taking...
Nova Starling: "In fourth or fifth grade, my parents signed me up for a sewing lesson. I did that for one or two summers, and then that was about it. I didn't really sew a whole lot back then. But then...
Anushka Bora: “I was five years old when my parents signed me up for violin lessons. What started as a supplementary extracurricular eventually became a major part of my life and my favorite hobby.
Being...
Aarushi Kodipyaka: “I started my [photography] business in 2020 and it honestly started when I used to go on walks with my family in our neighborhood. I used to take random photos of things in my neighborhood,...
Akash Danda: "Taekwondo is more than just a hobby to me, it helped me grow as a person, develop a more open mindset, and is an outlet for stress. I started taekwondo when I was 8 years old. In the beginning,...
Anaisha Das, Web Editor-in-Chief
• October 17, 2022
Pranavi Kristipati: "For me, art was always a thing where [I] would doodle on the back of worksheets and papers, and it just became something I really liked. In elementary school, my parents signed me...
