Alysa Liu, reigning national ice queen, has no pomp in her daily circumstances

Alysa Liu and her father, Arthur, do some sightseeing after a December trip to Italy for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where she won the silver medal. (Alysa Liu Instagram.)

OAKLAND, Calif. – Every weekday morning when she is at home, Alysa Liu makes the 30-minute drive with her father, Arthur, from their house in Richmond, Calif. to her home away from home, the Oakland Ice Center on the edge of downtown.

Arthur Liu, a single father of five, drops off Alysa, 14, his oldest child, just after 8 a.m., and then heads to his law office nearby. She will stay at the rink for nearly all the next nine or so hours before he picks her up for the trip back to Richmond.

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