New York Councilman Robert Cornegy and Jean Alerte Award ‘Do Right, Do Good’ Scholars

Amira Gee

Amira Gee is a native of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Right off the bat, she impressed with her determination and tenacity to not only better herself, but those around her and in her community. In her application, she quotes Mahatma Ghandi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Amira took this quote to heart and applied it to her life through action. An innovator with the “Do Right Do Good Spirit,” Gee started the “Bedford Environment Sustainability Team” at her school — an organization dedicated to teach and demonstrate to students various ways of becoming more environmentally friendly. She has future plans to continue her environmental sustainability effort by creating the Community Improvement Project, where she will gather her peers to help beautify Bed-Stuy by sweeping and collecting recyclable materials.

An aspiring pediatric surgeon, Gee continues to inspire and impress with her ambition. In order to get experience working with children, she has volunteered with Boys and Girls Club and regularly works at her mother’s day care center. She writes in her application “through this simple task of trying to give back to the community, I hope I was able to inspire the next generation.” Gee never forgets that in bettering herself, she can and wants to influence the lives of others positively as well.

Because of her giving spirit, her high aspirations, and her ability to not only plan for her future, but to take action to affect positive change, Gee embodies everything that Do Right Do Good stands for. She is an inspiration to the entire Do Right Do Good team, as well as those who undoubtedly look to her as a role model in her community. She’s about to enter her second year at Xavier University and will be a residential assistant and the president of the Celibacy and Abstinence Network (CAN). She wants to utilize her knowledge, personal experiences, and faith to help her peers.