🌱 Dallas Student Lands Full-Ride To Harvard + Victim's Dream Ruined

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Dallas:

1. Andrea Tchinda, a Hillcrest High School senior, is celebrating after she landed a full-ride scholarship valued at $86,000 to attend Harvard University starting in the fall. Just five years ago, Tchinda was not able to speak English having moved to North Texas with her family from Central Africa. These days, she's a straight-A student taking advanced placement and college classes and is also captain of the varsity basketball team. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
2. The victim of last month's mistaken identity shooting that happened at the 7-Eleven off of Ross Avenue in Downtown Dallas said his plan to join the U.S. Navy has been ruined. Gayle Jones, 18, was shot in the face causing him to lose his left eye and was also shot in his knee. Another victim, 17-year-old Omarian Frazier, was killed in the attack. "That was my dream: to go to the Navy," Jones said. "Now, I got a different dream now: to tell my story to everybody, the whole world so they can understand being in the streets as a teenager is not it for everybody." Dallas police arrested and charged Donald Moore, 24, with murder. (FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth)
3. The 15-acre Crespi Estate, once owned by Tom Hicks, former owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars, is on the market and officially holds the title of North Texas’ most expensive estate. When it was last listed for sale, the 27,000-square-foot, 10-bedroom, five-bath mansion sought to fetch $38 million. Today, the home, which was built in the 1930s by Italian-born cotton baron Pio Crespi, is listed with a $60-million price tag. (Subscription: The Dallas Morning News - Subscription)

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Today in Dallas:

• National Theatre Live: Othello At Angelika Film Center (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Dallas ISD's Superintendent of Schools Dr. Stephanie Elizalde is asking for your help to send a message to lawmakers that, with one month left in the legislative session, there is still time to direct more of the state’s record $32 billion surplus to Texas public schools. "Mayday, mayday, mayday. Texas public schools are in need of immediate rescue.” (Dallas ISD via Facebook)
• Keep an eye on your mailbox to see if you were chosen to participate in the 2023 City of Dallas community survey! These random selection surveys are your chance to tell the city how you feel that its leaders are doing. (City of Dallas via Twitter)
• This Saturday is Japanese Children's Day at Fort Worth Academy. It's a family-oriented community event to celebrate Japanese culture, including Taiko drummers, calligraphy and origami, martial arts demonstrations, and cosplay. (AllEvents.In)

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That's it for today! I'll see you soon.

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.