SPERO, a south Bay Area-based nonprofit started by three high school students, organizes activities, such as arts and crafts, gardening and book club, for its participating senior members. (Photos courtesy of SPERO)

Lynbrook high schoolers Shailesh Senthil Kumar, Krishna Ajjarapu and Aryan Dwivedi were dogged by a question that challenged the popular portrayal of teenagers as blinkered and self-involved. 

“How can I help my community?” they wanted to know. “Where to begin?”

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