“I don’t think of it as treacherous,” one surfer says of battling frigid waves, frostbite and occasional toxic spills. “I think of it as an adventure.”
The Kern Leaders Academy has announced its Class of 2020.
The class includes Sanjeev Advani, owner of Synergy Real Estate and Property Management and Bakersfield Maintenance and Construction; Josh Bryant, chief business official for the Taft Union High School District; Monica Jara Guerra, director of community initiatives for Grimmway Schools; Ucedrah Osby, founder and president of the Bakersfield of All Of Us Or None and Kern County Parks and Recreation Department Commissioner; Elizabeth Ramos, administrative assistant at the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Angela Trevino, real estate agent and office manager for Century 21 Jordan Link & Co.; Ally Triolo, communications at the Kern County Department of Human Services.