Photo: Mitzi Mace / Washington Hispanic

Michelle Obama answers one of the adolescents of the program of young people of Mary's Center during a conversation where it highlighted that the most important thing the education and the personal conviction is to achieve the proposed goals.

Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic

“More, more, more and more”, was saying the First Lady, Michelle Obama while it was receiving a rain of hugs of a group of children in preschool age like gratitude symbol to the visit that did to the clinic Mary's Center on Tuesday, the 10th of February, and in that Washington Hispanic was present for invitation of the White House.
A big smile and splendid simplicity were sufficient to conquer the hearts of the children, mostly of Hispanic origin, who with the spontaneity that characterizes them did not hesitate to ask him: and, where is his husband?.
“ It travels, but today I am here visiting them and am going to read them a story”, answered the First Lady.
During the conversation Michelle Obama it extracted to re-show his mom's talent and quickly it conquered the children whom the classic story told them on colors and animals “Brown Bear Brown Bear”. During the lively chat the First Lady confessed not to know Spanish, but it did an effort to repeat some palabritas pronounced by the children. Now might he read us another story?, Anaís of three years asked him. “But there is a problem, it is in Spanish”, answered the First Lady. What, and do not you know Spanish?, answered surprised the girl.

Photo: Mitzi Mace / Washington Hispanic

The First Lady, Michelle Obama gained herself easily the heart of the children then that conversed with them and told him the story Brown Bear Brown Bear, one of the preferred ones for his daughters, Sasha and Malia.

“ Not, but I am going to learn”, it expressed between laughs, Michelle Obama.
On having said goodbye, the First Lady not only left a sweet flavor to the presents for the simplicity and the amiability in his dealing but there took the title of “Idol of America” ("American Idol") of mouth of the proper children, which was got by Michelle with a frank smile and one see you soon.
It covers the center
During his trip Michelle Obama it met the director of Mary's Center, Maria Gómez and could see closely the social work that realizes the center for 20 years.
“ The most important thing is that the First Lady believes in centers as Mary's Center because he has lived and grown with programs like those that we offer. She is a very simple woman who understands the community and understands that centers as Mary's Center where the different services integrate are the best way so that a family goes out forward and improves the future of a country.
Of equal way Michelle Obama it sat down along with a group of adolescents of the program of young people of Mary's Center, who had the opportunity to ask the First Lady on the topics that more worry him how there are the violence, the education and the immigration.
With the adolescents the First Lady shared his personal experience and admitted that many resources are missing so that the young people has access to education, but that the most important thing is inside every person and the desire that they have for achieving his targets.
“ I am here because I have a work and need to see closely the needs that the community has. I am going to work to be sure that the young people as you could go to the university and so that the teachers have the resources that they need”, affirmed the First Lady.
“ This center is a model of how the things must work because it integrates health services, educational and social. The country needs centers as Mary's Center”, he emphasized Michelle Obama.