Born in El Paso, Texas in 1930, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor grew up on the Lazy B Ranch her grandfather established on a 200,000-acre expanse straddling the border between New Mexico and Arizona some 30 years before Arizona achieved statehood.
“They get this opportunity to hear from people who they would maybe never hear from,” said Deneen Guss, Monterey County Office of Education’s superintendent of schools. “It gives our kids a unique opportunity to consider careers that they would maybe not have considered in the past and also it really ignites their imaginations and inspires them to be more creative.”
Over the years, the Pebble Beach festival has welcomed Frank Gehry, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jane Goodall, Carl Hiaasen, Khaled Hosseini, Helen Mirren, Sandra Day O’Connor, Condoleezza Rice, and many more gifted orators with startling, inspiring, or encouraging stories to share.