This afternoon, Cecilia Muñoz sent the message below to the White House email list, asking people to share their American stories. If you didn't get the email, be sure to sign up.
Hi, all —
A couple weeks ago, I was in a meeting with a group of community leaders and President Obama here at the White House. Before the discussion kicked off, one of the women in attendance handed me a letter. It was written by her dad, a 90 year old college professor from Cleveland.
He was born in China in 1923, and he came to the United States with $24 in his pocket. Two years later, he'd earned a master's in electrical engineering. Five years after that, he had completed his PhD. In 55 years of teaching, he's trained 180 graduate students.
"I fulfilled my dream," he wrote in that letter. "I light up a spot on the great nation of opportunity."
Fonte: White House