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Rhea Pallerla a sophomore at Heritage High School in Brentwood during the Contra Costa Youth Journalism (CCYJ) first training workshop for the new and retuning young journalists at the Contra Costa County Office of Education in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025.  (Ishita Khanna/Bay City News)

ShraddhaGouri Pallerla, Reporter

ShraddhaGouri is a 10th grader at Heritage High School in Brentwood and a CCYJ reporter. Asked about the calculator in her portrait photo, she said, “It represents my passion for problem solving and learning. Math challenges me to think everyday to think critically and find solutions, which is something I value not just in school, but in everyday life.” Asked about a quote that inspires her, she said she likes this paraphrase of Samuel Johnson’s thoughts on curiosity: “Curiosity is the thirst of the soul.”

 

Photo by Ishita Khanna

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