Profiles
- Wed. 11/11
Chrizia Dela Rosa, San Jose math teacher and a California Teacher of the Year, makes sure every student’s name is said right
A Philippines-born former English learner who leads at Piedmont Hills High, she reads every student’s morning check-in, teaches ninth graders to build “math muscles” and uses her award to open doors for her students.
- Tue. 11/10
Lisa Su, 57, CEO of Santa Clara chipmaker AMD, still runs toward the hardest problems
A Taiwan-born girl from Queens fell in love with semiconductors in an MIT clean room. She took a job her mentors called risky, turned AMD around and this fall received the National Medal of Science.
- Tue. 11/10
San Jose Sharks captain Macklin Celebrini, 20, wants the Shark Tank rocking again
He moved to the Bay Area at 12 for his dad’s job with the Warriors. Now the youngest captain in Sharks history is rooming with a teammate, baking for charity and trying to bring playoff hockey back to San Jose.
- Tue. 11/10
How a backyard barbecue made Burton Craig a three-time Monte Sereno mayor
A fight over an outdoor kitchen permit launched the Silicon Valley software veteran into public life. Sixteen years later, he chairs the county library board, leads KCAT’s board and still champions a rural Monte Sereno.
