Kaushika Naya (10) is in her first year of The Nexus. She spends most of her time doing sports, sleeping, and hanging out with family. She loves cats, baking, and reading.
Valen Miao (9) pushed and pulled the heavy dragon boat paddle, propelling himself and his team forward with each stroke. He was fourth from the back, within his team of 15. A bead of sweat rolled down...
I used to love watching Voltron, a Netflix original fantasy show, on the weekends. I was sure that two of the characters would get together at the end, since they had so much romantic tension between them....
Olivia Watson-Parris (10) swam through the swelling ocean with a young girl with autism who she was paired with for the Bridge to the Beach program. The shores of Mission Beach seemed as far as the horizon,...
Jordyn Vales’s (11) eyes darted from player to player, but her focus was on the goal in front of her. Her team trailed 1-0 late in the semi-finals. Vales weaved through her opponents and shot the ball...
![Valen Miao (9) [front] paddles in a dragon boat for Chinese Youth Dragon Boat, Sept. 13. Miao has been racing for one year.](https://wvnexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Dragon-Boat-1200x491.jpg)
