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Peninsula High School Performing Arts Center
27118 Silver Spur Rd
Rolling Hills Estates, California, 90274
United States

Andres Osorio

Senior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

Andres Osorio is a senior at Peninsula and is also the Student Board Member representing Peninsula on the PVPUSD Board of Education. Andres is part of the Peninsula Track & Field Team where he is the captain for shotput and discus. He is President of the Rotary Interact Club, a Link Crew Leader, and part of the Principal's Advisory Council. Andres would like to thank his parents, friends, and teammates for their constant support and motivation in his growth. In the future he plans to major in International Relations and keep advocating for those without a voice.

Anna Sudeth

Family Ministries Director and Marriage & Family Therapist

Anna is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with experience working with teenagers in times of transition and after traumatic experiences. She also supports adults struggling with anxiety. Anna's other work is in church ministry supporting children and families in their journeys of faith through community. The rest of Anna's time is spent with her husband and two kids or at PTA meetings.

Charlotte Chiang

Senior at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

Charlotte is passionate about forming healthy relationships with ourselves and those around us. As a senior in high school, she actively uses her voice in Speech & Debate, Model United Nations, Technology Student Association, and ASB. She continues to speaks for California’s youth to senators, politicians, and congressmen on behalf of Harvard’s Strategic Training of the Prevention of Eating Disorders to advocate for policies addressing body image protection and awareness. She hopes to working towards bringing accessible health resources to underserved communities in the future

Leigh Fitch

Junior at Peninsula High School

Leigh Fitch is a junior at Peninsula and looks forward to sharing her personal experience coping with grief and its effects. Fitch is the president of a club at her school that promotes equity and diversity and volunteers at her local library every week. She hopes to comfort those struggling with grief and educate people who aren’t aware of its impact.

Morgan Shidler

Photographer and Founder of Hustle & Play

Morgan Shidler helps people enjoy their lives by bringing play to the front of their to-do list. She is the Founder of Hustle & Play™, a research-based framework that fuses personal development with time management. With an M.A. in Organization & Leadership and 15 years experience running Out of School Time Programs, she understands how play empowers learning and growth like nothing else can. She is also a professional photographer who loves to capture joy in all its forms; and lives in Long Beach, Ca; playing lots of sports and hanging out with her puppy, Koda.

Sandi Sidella

English Teacher and Department Chair at Peninsula High School

A Chicagoan turned SoCal resident, Sandi left the corn and cold of Illinois 23 years ago to take a chance on life in the South Bay. Those years have brought her adventures in the classrooms of Palos Verdes, challenges on the racecourses of triathlons and Spartan competitions, and endless joy with the family she and her husband have built. Her days are about building not a brand, but a life's résumé that shows skills of endurance, talents of fearlessness, leadership from the heart, and expertise at enjoying the journey.