Eva Chang (Class of 2026) joined Verde as a sophomore and is a staff writer. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and completing the NYT games.
![PALO ALTO PASSAGE — Junior Yoray Chen enters a Palo Alto Link vehicle to get back home from school. "At the end of school, I think they [Palo Alto Link] don't want to drive to Paly because there's a lot of traffic on Alma and Churchill, and because of the train we can get stuck there for 10 or 15 minutes," Chen said.](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0769-e1732141520679-956x1200.jpg)
![Serene Study Space — In the Tower Learning Center, Paly junior Ellie Yi finishes up work for her classes. “It [the center] is so relaxing,” Yi said. “I TA there and I like the ambience.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3776-900x1200.jpg)
![CREATING COMMUNITY — Paly sophomore Michelle Park reviews the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum to learn more about what the Ethnic Studies course could offer the Paly community. “It [the course] is a great opportunity for people to know more about their backgrounds, and to really connect with other people who share the same backgrounds as them,” Park said. “And … I think it’s a great opportunity for Paly kids to learn about other cultures [that] are different than their [own].”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/unnamed-file-1200x800.jpg)
