Upper Marlboro native named Dillard University valedictorian

Ashley S. Brown, an Upper Marlboro native, will receive a bachelor of arts in film with a minor in business administration, in three years, with plans to pursue a career in entertainment law. Upon graduating, Brown will pursue a Juris Doctorate at the University of California at Los Angeles Law School in the fall.

While at Dillard, she was a Red Bull Student Marketeer, Junior Fellow and program co-chair for the US Hub with the Melton Foundation, an HBCU in LA Intern, Administrative Director for the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society, Chief of Staff for Dillard University Film Society, Experiential Liaison and Member of the Daniel C. Thompson/Samuel DuBois Cook/ Honors Program, Director of Internal Affairs for Student Government Association, Associate Justice for Student Government Association and a member of Leading Ladies of DU.

Brown is the daughter of Dr. Sonia P. Brown, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner in Washington, D.C., and Darrell Brown, Retired Washington, D.C., police officer and current Real Estate Investor.

Brown also attended Chesapeake Math and IT South High School where she was enrolled in the Information Technology Early College (ITEC) Program earning an Associates degree in Information Technology, from Prince George’s Community College in 2021.