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Was driven was bright inquisitive. and she became the first person in her family ever to go to college. in 1956 my mom, eleanor, graduated from rice university with a degree in math and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s and 1960s. [ applause ] imagine a teenage boy, not much younger than many of you here today growing up in cuba. jet black hair. skinny as a rail. ....
And then heidi becomes my wife and my very best friend in the world. heidi becomes an incredible mom to our two precious little girls, caroline and katherine, the joy and love of our life. [ applause ] imagine another teenage boy being raised in houston, hearing stories from his dad about prison and torture in cuba. hearing stories about how fragile liberty is. beginning to study the united ....
yeah! [ laughter ] involved in student council, yet cuba was not at a peaceful time the dictator batista was corrupt. he was oppressive. and this teenage boy joins a revolution. he joins a revolution against batista, he begins fighting with other teenagers to free cuba from the dictator. this boy at age 17 finds himself thrown in prison. finds himself tortured beaten and then at age 18 he flees cuba. he comes to america. imagine for a second the hope that was in his heart as he rode ....