Nominee for Assistant Secretary, Department of Education.
Dr. Deborah Delisle served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Ohio Department of Education from 2008 to 2011. Previously, Ms. Delisle worked in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District in Ohio, first as Associate Superintendent from 2001 to 2003, then as Superintendent...
Professional Surfer, Winner of ESPY Award.
Bethany Hamilton has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of faith, determination, and hope. Born into a family of surfers on February 8, 1990, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany began surfing at a young age. At the age of eight, Bethany entered her first surf competition, the Rell Sun Menehune event...
First Lady of the United States.
Michelle Obama was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Princeton University, graduated cum laude in 1985 and then earned a J.D. in 1988 from Harvard Law School. After law school, she worked at a Chicago law firm, where she met her husband Barack Obama. They married in 1992. As First Lady she...
She strode into the room greeting all of us with an expansive smile and the kind of riveting eye contact that makes you feel like she came to talk with you exclusively. This was my first memory of Anna Maria Chavez just before I met and spoke with her at the 52nd National Girl Scout Convention in Houston, Texas this past November.
Why was I there? It started eight...