Moved by their singing and dancing as well as their difficult lives, Michelle Obama hugged student after student at a Mexico City elementary school on April 14. Our first lady arrived in Mexico waiting to be serenaded by a group of boys and girls. She was wearing the same white pants and ivory jacket she had on during her morning roundtable with a group of a dozen Mexican youth leaders.

She listened with cupped hands and clapped when the kids were done with two songs, in English and Spanish. The songsters waving U.S. and Mexican flags were members of the Christel House choir, called the Polyphonic Chorus. The adorable children wore uniforms, blue jumpers and tan shirts for girls, blue sleeveless sweaters, blue pants and tan shirts for boys. Christel House was founded to help impoverished children.

(Lady Michelle passionately addresses students at the Christel House in Mexico)

“My message to the young people is that success and possibility doesn’t know a race, a background, a gender, a socioeconomic class. We are going to need the energy and the passion of every single young person. We are going to have to develop those schools and have those young people believing in their own potential.”The first lady stated in an interview. Another Job well done for the first lady!