Joy Chase is a returning parishioner. She was a member from 1974 to 1990. Her children, Natala and Sheila, were baptized at All Saints. Their father, William Menezes, served on the Vestry. After reconnecting online, Joy returned in person and is serving on the Vestry. Originally from India, Joy came to the United States sixty years ago as a student. She completed her BA in English Literature at the University of Madras and received an MA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A librarian by profession, she spent twenty years as a faculty librarian at Evergreen Valley College. She previously managed the East Palo Alto branch of the San Mateo County Library system. Joy is also a writer and artist, having published Embers, an Anglo-Indian Memoir, and served on the board of the Pacific Art League. She cherishes her family around the world, especially her granddaughter in San Francisco, Faren.