Kate Leddy-Tate — A Life Shaped by Experience 

Born in San Mateo and raised in Walnut Creek at a time when
life felt less managed and more earned, I grew up learning independence early.

Children played in the street, climbed trees, and figured things out for themselves. That environment-built confidence, judgment, and a steady internal
compass. At five years old, on the slopes of Lake Tahoe, I found something that would stay with me for life — the...