Ridhi Goyal is a first-year reporter for The Californian and a sophomore at California High School in San Ramon, where she has lived for 9 years. She found her love for words reading countless books in her free time, and loves to write about her thoughts, ideas, and experiences through stories, essays, and speeches. Ridhi spends her time out of school playing the piano, dancing, painting, and competing in speech and debate tournaments. She loves spending time with her friends and family, volunteering with her aunt’s nonprofit, watching The Office, and of course, reading and writing.