Students who attend Keisha Lance Bottoms’ high school reflect on her win – WSB-TV

Students who attend Keisha Lance Bottoms’ high school reflect on her win  WSB-TV

Eleventh graders Ashly Zamora-Hernandez and Leon Howard have always been impressed with the big mural inside northwest Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass High School. ATLANTA — Eleventh graders Ashly Zamora-Hernandez and Leon Howard have always been impressed with the big mural inside northwest Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass High School. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “It’s something bigger now,” Zamora-Hernandez said. “When I heard about it, I went to my group chat. I told my friends. I’m like, ‘Oh my God! Georgia has gone blue and we get Keisha Lance Bottoms,’” Howard said. Her election is part of the historic blue wave across Georgia and the nation. As the first Black woman elected governor in the U.S., Bottoms not only made history, she has a history at Douglass High as a member of the Class of ’87.

Keisha Lance Bottoms Keisha Lance Bottoms on Frederick Douglas High School's mural (Source: WSBTV) “Would you like to ask her to come back for a visit?” Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen asked Principal Shermaine Jennings. “Indeed! What I’d like to say to her is our kids are very inspired, and proud of your accomplishment,” Jennings said. It’s an accomplishment Zamora-Hernandez and Howard may one day pursue themselves. “It just like brought me so much emotion, so much joy. It makes me feel like