Congratulations to My Client James Doughty
October 12, 2010 by Lillie
Congratulations to James Doughty, author of Some Monument to Last: Memoir of TV Journalist James Munoz with Family Poems and Letters. I was privileged to work with James to publish his book.
James, a reporter with KENS-5 TV in San Antonio, uses the name Muñoz (his mother’s maiden name) on the air to honor his maternal family and Hispanic heritage and the name Doughty (his surname) in private life to honor his father and his paternal family’s legacy.
Recently he received the 2010 TRIO National Achiever Award. In high school, James participated in Upward Bound, one of TRIO’s programs to help disadvantaged students prepare for and succeed in college. He says that he would never have attended Texas Tech without Upward Bound and would never have graduated without the support and encouragement of TRIO.
Since then, he has actively supported TRIO in every city where he has worked. He serves as a motivational speaker for low-income, first-generation college students and has spoken to students about the process or writing and publishing his book.
You can read more at DEBORAH KNAPP: What do Oprah Winfrey and KENS 5′s James Munoz have in common?
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Good job, James! The first one is the hardest, but then more will come…
Sophia,
I don’t know that this is the first award James has won. But it’s certainly a special one to him because the organization was such a help to him with his education.
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most effective samples of being born into humble circumstances and pulling oneself up by the bootstraps and moving on to become one amongst the foremost confident, powerful, and successful persons within the world.
Scarlett,
Oprah Winfrey is certainly a story of great success after humble beginnings, and she is a prior recipient of the award James received.
TRIO is such a great program. Two of my kids are college age and while they did not qualify for TRIO, I have been so happy to learn that a few of their friends could be helped and encouraged by it. It is just an amazing program with lots of success stories – many of which we will never know.
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Karen,
I wasn’t familiar with the program before I met James, and I’m glad to hear how effective it is.
Who are you, and why do you keep hanging out with all these hot-shots?
Ron,
You’re finding me out. I’m the secret weapon behind their success.
Quite a great list of achievements. We need more people like him today more than ever.
Most importantly, Jane, in spite of all his accomplishments, he is friendly and considerate and helpful–just an all-around nice guy.