Obama said my name.
That's my baby photo. Thats Cuba. WTF.
I sent that anecdote off in an email about a week ago to the Ambassador. Had no idea it would happen...
OBAMA SAID MY NAME
“You see it in Melinda Lopez, who came to her family’s old home. And as she was walking the streets, an elderly woman recognized her as her mother’s daughter, and began to cry... Melinda later said, ‘So many of us are now getting so much back.’”
I'm kind of freaking out. Here's an interview I did with RadioBoston about this remarkable, unexpected, monumental moment.