Student with cerebral palsy named prom queen in Whitfield County

Desaray Carroll

Prom Queen Desaray Carroll and Homecoming Queen Savannah McCraw

DALTON, Ga. – In many ways, Desaray Carroll is a typical high school teenager.

She texts nonstop, hangs out with her friends, goes to the movies and out to eat.

The 19-year-old Coahulla Creek High School student is surrounded with a family and friends who love and support her, so much so they campaigned for the student body to elect her prom queen a few weeks ago.

Everyone except Carroll seemed sure she would win. But after a lifetime of being picked on for being different, she never thought she could be the same as those around her.

“At my old school, I got made fun of,” she said. “I didn’t want to go to school. It was really hard. At one point I quit school, but I came back.”