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Board honors four Santa Clara County Youth Task Force members graduating high school
Summary
The Board of Supervisors commended four members of the Santa Clara County Youth Task Force who are graduating from high school and moving on to college; a student spoke about the task force's homelessness work.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors presented commendations to four members of the County Youth Task Force who are graduating from high school and leaving the task force.
The board recognized Anaga Dogipathy (Wilcox High School — attending UCLA to study public health, pre-med), Kira Liang (Cupertino High School — attending Stanford University to study human biology), Evani Pirohit (presentation name variant — graduating, attending University of Pittsburgh for biological sciences), and Anshuka Tadikonda (Saratoga High School — attending Georgetown University to study international politics). The board described the Youth Task Force as an advisory group of eighth- through twelfth-grade students who represent youth interests to county decision-makers.
A youth task force member who identified herself as Leanne spoke about serving on the homelessness subcommittee this past year, explaining the group's work to assess the number of youth experiencing homelessness, the services those youth access, and service gaps. She said the experience “broadened my view” of county services and that she was “sad” to term out but excited for the task force's future members. The board invited the newly honored students to the dais for photographs.
