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Michelle Obama Travel Diary

Michelle Obama Travel Diary
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Planting New Roots

First Lady Michelle Obama holds vegetables grown by Zimbabwe immigrant TsiTsi Mutseta at the New Roots Community Farm on April 15, 2010 in San Diego.

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Growing The Future

Michelle Obama embraces Khadija Musame, a Somali immigrant, at a New Roots community farm where Musame grows a variety of vegetables, on April 15, 2010 in San Diego.

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Heading Home

The First Lady waves as she boards an Air Force plane upon departure from Mexico City’s airport on April 15, 2010.

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04
New Generation

Posing for photos with young leaders after a meeting with them in Mexico City on April 15th.

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05
Investing In The Youth

Michelle Obama speaks to university students at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

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First Ladies

First Lady Michelle Obama stands with Mexico’s first lady Margarita Zavala near an Aztec calendar in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City.

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Let’s Move

Mrs. Obama dances with school children at the Siete de Enero school located in a low income neighborhood in Mexico City.

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Children Are Our Future

Visiting students at the Siete de Enero school in a low income neighborhood of Mexico City.

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Air Force One

Michelle Obama arrives in Mexico City on April 13.

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The Next Generation

The First Lady kisses a child upon her arrival in Mexico City on April 13, 2010.

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Stronger Bond

First Lady Michelle Obama and Haiti’s First Lady Elisabeth Debrosse greet children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince on April 13.

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Spreading Love

Greeting children at a center for displaced children in Port-au-Prince, the First lady is the USA’s ambassador of caring.

Michelle Obama Travel Diary