Wilmer Amina Carter
Wilmer Amina Carter was born in Neshoba County, Mississippi on July 12, 1941. As a child she moved with her family to San Bernardino where she attended San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino Valley College, and CSUSB. In 1972, she graduated from CSUSB with a Bachelors of Arts degree in English and later received her Master’s in Education in 1976. After graduating from CSUSB, Carter served on the community of Rialto’s Board of Education from 1983 to 1999. She later was appointed as the District Director by Congressman George E. Brown, where she led and directed a school-to-work program that became a national model of career development for high school students. After working with Brown for more than 25 years, Carter was elected to the California State Assembly from the 62nd district. She retireed in 2012, and a high school was later named in her honor, the Wilmer Amina Carter High School, in the city of Rialto, CA where she resides.