Damien Stovall is a native of Sunflower, MS and the son of JSU graduates Terry and Cynthia Stovall. Damien graduated in 2002 from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education Technology.
After graduation, Damien followed in one of his sibling's footsteps Terry Jr., also a JSU graduate; where he enrolled in Dallas ISD's alternative teacher certification program. Damien began teaching 2nd and 3rd grade at Mount Auburn Elementary in Dallas, TX in 2002. During this time Damien also attained his Masters of Art in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington.
After four years as an assistant principal, Damien earned his first principalship at Charles A. Gill Elementary. He served as principal for five years before taking on the challenge of Edward Titche Elementary. Titche Elementary was rated the fourth worst elementary school in the state of Texas by Children at Risk and was on the verge of closure due to failing to meet the state standards.
After one year of joining the Dallas ISD’s Accelerating Campus Excellence or ACE program, Titche became a B rated campus and received six out six distinctions under his leadership. His future goals are to find ways to support a pipeline of educators from HBCU's to similar schools such as Titche. Damien believes every child deserves to be a champion and he hopes to become more involved in bringing more educators from Jackson State University to be those champions.
Damien has been an educator for seventeen years, a teacher for six years, and currently, he is in his eleventh year as an administrator. Dwain became an educator to provide some of the less fortunate scholars an opportunity to be exposed to a quality education and to help see that their physical addresses do not determine their destination. Damien is an active and dedicated member of JSUNAA – Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter.