Bill Richardson, the current Governor of New Mexico, was appointed by President-Elect Obama as his new Secretary of Commerce today. Bill is the son of a Spanish woman and a Nicaraguan born American and grew up in Mexico City – rumor has it that he attended the American School Foundation – my own alma mater!
While accepting his new post as Secretary of Commerce, Bill spoke in superb English and Spanish and, in my opinion, exemplified the future of America from a linguistic and social perspective. If we can deliver high quality English-Spanish dual language education we will be assured to see many more “Bill Richardson”s who proudly display their dual heritage and dual language speaking abilities.
On a lighter note, it just so happens that Bill was on my commuter flight back from Acapulco in September when I was returning to Austin from my 20 year high school reunion. He was still sporting the beard that President-Elect Obama is “deeply disappointed” in seeing shaved off though!
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