caption associated_acts years_active label article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
castellano performing with the donnas -lrb- 2007 -rrb- . the donnas 1993 -- 2010 lookout ! , atlantic , purple feather torry castellano
 torry castellano non_vocal_instrumentalist 08 january 1979 rock the donnas by angela n 01.jpg san francisco , california , u.s. torrance heather castellano drummer
torry castellano

torrance heather `` torry '' castellano -lrb- born january 8 , 1979 , in san francisco , california -rrb- is the former drummer of the donnas , announcing her retirement in july 2010 .
she is the cousin of actress laura san giacomo .
early in her childhood , she moved to palo alto , california , where she met her bandmates .
she was asked to be part of the band by allison robertson , and agreed even though she did not have any experience .
the band rehearsed every day in her garage .
before the release of the donnas ' album `` gold medal '' , castellano developed tendonitis .
in october 2003 , she had surgery for it .
during her recovery , she had to take drum lessons to re-learn to hold drum sticks the correct way .
for `` gold medal '' , she recorded with her recovering wrists , but could only play for short periods of time .
a shoulder problem forced castellano to withdraw from the donnas ' tour following a show on december 27 , 2008 at the house of blues in anaheim , ca .
amy cesari of the band the demonics filled in on future tour dates .
on july 9 , 2010 , castellano announced on the band 's website that due to her shoulder she would have to retire from drumming and performing with the donnas .
castellano still attended events the band was involved with as well as promoted the last album she recorded with the band , `` greatest hits volume 16 '' .
she attended santa monica college before transferring to stanford university , where she is in the class of 2013 and majoring in political science .
castellano graduated from stanford with distinction and will attend harvard law school starting in the fall of 2013 .
