Hometown legend Zina Garrison is making a difference to this day, decades after she was was playing tennis on the world stage.

Before Wimbledon and before the Olympics, Zina Garrison started playing tennis at Houston’s MacGregor Park. But this was before Venus and Serena Williams, and the world was not welcoming to a Black female tennis player. At her academy, Garrison is not just teaching tennis. “First of all, respect,” Garrison said. The Zina Garrison Academy relies heavily on donations to help serve kids in the community.