Donald Lee is an Advocate copy editor who also writes the "Keeping it Real" columns on Saturdays. He's been with The Advocate for nearly six years. Donald is a Beaumont, Texas, native and a 1993 graduate of Grambling State University, with a B.A. degree in mass communication (with an emphasis in print journalism). He formerly worked as a copy editor for The Kansas City Star in Missouri and later worked as a copy editor for the Belo Corp.-owned Arlington (Texas) Morning News, where he worked both as a copy editor and columnist.
After spending four years in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex as a copy editor, columnist, free-lance writer, and semipro football player who also did a little substitute school teaching, Donald joined The Advocate in 2000. He lives in Zachary with his wife, Sheree, and is a leader at the church they attend, All Faiths Christian Center in Baton Rouge.
Donald has an Appaloosa stallion named Storm and strawberry roan quarterhorse mare named Keya along with a cat named Boobie and a dog named Chance.
Educator Shirley Ann Jackson may have inspired Southern University physics major Cacey Stevens, but Stevens’ mother, Angela Stevens, is the wind beneath the student’s wings.
I was driving down Sherwood Forest Boulevard last week on my way to work, and, because it’s Baton Rouge, traffic was at a standstill. As I sat waiting for the light to change, I noticed a young man no more than 17 or 18 years old walking down the street. His shirt was slung off his shoulder, and his baggy pants sagged off his rear end so that the world could see his underwear.
