GOLDEN STATE WARRIOR Stephen “Steph” Curry and his wife, celebrity chef and cookbook author Ayesha Curry, have made a surprise appearance at East Oakland’s Lockwood STEAM Academy elementary school to celebrate the newly remodeled schoolyard provided by their organization, the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.

Co-founded by the Currys, Eat. Learn. Play. seeks to uplift the nearly 35,000 students in the Oakland Unified School District by providing access to nutritious food, learning resources, and safe play spaces. Most recently, the couple announced their organization’s commitment to raising and investing $50 million in resources for OUSD students by the 2026 school year.

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Helena Getahun-Hawkins is an intern at Bay City News through Stanford’s Rebele Fellowship. She’s a rising junior at Stanford majoring in International Relations and minoring in Spanish. She writes for The Stanford Daily under the campus life desk and was most recently managing editor of the Daily’s podcast section. She enjoys covering stories that center around education policy, immigration policy, and identity. Outside of journalism she enjoys drawing, yoga, listening to music, and watching TV.