that made me want to get involved with that organization. When I got there, I offered to work with them and be their legal director for the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I was able to work on a lot of cases dealing with discrimination, hate crimes, and etc.
Student of the Year
AMPS: How did you end up working as an assistant city attorney of Dallas? Dontrey: After I left CAIR, I started working with the assistant city attorney. Which means that I was the prosecutor for the city of Dallas. I also got an offer to start teaching as a criminal Justice professor at Remington College here in Dallas as well. AMPS: What advice would you give someone coming from a small town? Dontrey: I love my city and I wanted to show others who come from a small town to not allow your upbringing to determine what you want to do. If you see something that you want to do know and believe that, you can do it. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It’s all about hard work and not giving up. Nothing came to me easy. I really had to get out there and work hard from high school all the way through college. While my friends were out having a good time, I knew that I would not be able to do that. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and I knew that partying wasn’t going to get me there.
Z
oe Wilson is Richwood High School’s 2020-2021 student of the year. She has maintained an overall grade point average of a 3.8 while being a member of the Richwood JROTC for four years. Zoe plans to attend Xavier University in New Orleans and major in pre-med Biology. We are very proud of you Zoe and we wish you much success in your future endeavors.
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