Sandra Slater has lived in Palo Alto for the last 26 years. Her current position is Northern California Director of the Cool City Challenge, a project to achieve deep carbon reduction, create resilient neighborhoods, promote green economic development and reinvent our cities from the bottom up. Sandra has served as a consultant to the Golden Gate National Recreational Parks Conservancy, to Zeta Communities (a net-zero energy, LEED Platinum start-up), has led her own design firm, Sandra Slater Environments. Sandra lives in downtown Palo Alto in a home she designed to showcase green design principles.
Jake recently graduated from Palo Alto High School, where he studied Advanced Journalism for two years. He will study Film at Chapman University this fall.
Journalist and violin teacher, I especially love writing about food. At the moment I'm obsessed with my Waring Quik Stik immersion blender and making all sorts of pureed soups and sauces.
Lisa Wang is a Gunn graduate who now attends Stanford University. She began contributing to Palo Alto Pulse while still in high school and is continuing her interest in journalism through work for the Stanford Innovation Review.
Ian is a graduate of Gunn High School who is studying creative writing and international relations at Carnegie Mellon University.
