Outstanding Teen Citizenship Award

Are you a high school student who has positively impacted the San Ramon Community? If so, then please apply for the City of San Ramon’s “Outstanding Teen Citizenship Award.”

Each year, the City of San Ramon Teen Council selects a high school student who has made a significant contribution toward enhancing the quality of life for residents of San Ramon during the last year.

Applications are now open! Follow this link to complete the application.

2022 Outstanding Teen Citizenship Award Winner

Outstanding Teen Citizen Winner for 2022

Fatimah is a junior at Dougherty Valley High School. She has a passion for connecting with community members and creating STEM programs for middle and high school students. As the Director of Education for the Dougherty Valley High School Robotics Club, she teaches, inspires, and encourages novice students to become future leaders of the robotics teams. She works hard to ensure the robotics team is an inclusive environment and striving to reduce the gender-divide stigma around robotics. With her efforts this year, almost half of the applicants for the program were female.

Fatimah’s passion extends beyond her club at school, she also taught middle and high school students STEM topics as a Program Director with The Steam Foundation (TSF). Through TSF, students took at 10-week class, learning concepts for iOS development. At the end of the program, students were able to successfully create two apps. With the skills she gained through TSF, she created her own boot camp: Fatimah’s iOS Development Boot Camp. This four week summer boot camp taught students in San Ramon the skills to develop their own fun and personalized app. Additionally, students who having trouble with their math at school can stop by her YouTube channel, 2 Min Maths!, where Fatimah uploads a quick new video every week walking students through different challenging math concepts.

In addition to mentoring the future leaders of San Ramon, Fatimah volunteers her time through the community at events including the Run for Education and the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN). Fatimah has dedicated numerous hours of her time to helping the residents of San Ramon and making a positive impact on this community.

2021 Outstanding Teen Citizenship Award Winner

Outstanding Teen Citizen Winner This year, the award recipient is Rio Krauss, a senior at Dougherty Valley High School. Rio is a dedicated student and community member, who saw a problem in San Ramon and found a way to solve it. One of Rio’s favorite activities is tennis, and noticed the large amount of waste generated by the sport. During the pandemic, Rio created the tennis ball recycling program. Rio worked hard to create a program that placed tennis ball recycling containers at California High School, Dougherty Valley High School and local parks including Athan Downs and Rancho. Since the program began this year, Rio has collected over 6,000 tennis balls for recycling.

Rio is a dedicated student who uses his knowledge and expertise to serve others. He has volunteered countless hours cleaning up tennis balls, along with serving as the senior class treasurer at school. He works hard to fundraise money for his school, along with picking up trash around campus. Rio took the initiative this year by bringing awareness and finding a solution to a problem, along with making a positive impact on the residents of San Ramon.

Please contact Jessica Reaber, Recreation Supervisor at (925) 973-3272
or jreaber@sanramon.ca.gov for further information.