Get to know Irvine Public School Foundation’s Neda Eaton

Maybe Neda Eaton is driven to help kids because she remembers what it was like to be young and need help. She was 9 years old when her family pulled up stakes in their home country of Iran and resettled in Corona del Mar. “Not speaking any English, it was kind of rough for me to make friends,” remembers Eaton, who today is the president and CEO of Irvine Public School Foundation.
Sports – volleyball is her game –became Eaton’s way of fitting in to her adopted countr