"Hold on--I'll get my guitar."
Within ten minutes of our conversation, Celeste had her fiance holding the phone on her end, and a rapt, foot-tapping Obama blogger here in Chicago.
With a catchy chorus and a country twang (not to mention a great voice), Celeste wowed this listener with a pretty incredible original song and an ear for all things rhyming with Obama.
"Barack Obama," she said after her performance, "has the three magic words: Honest, Kind, Listens."
Celeste has been teaching in Baltimore's public education system for thirty years.
"No Child Left Behind has to be changed. It has a lot of good aspects, but it's going in the whole wrong direction and needs to be addressed. That's why I'm an Obama Mama."
She's a teacher, so she doesn't make a lot of money--but she wants to give as much as she can. Instead of donating one lump sum, she decided to give multiple donations to the Match program. "I broke up what I could give into smaller donations to encourage more people to get involved," she said. "That's what this whole campaign is about: it's the philosophy of being inclusive."
Celeste has plans to tape a video for her new song tomorrow, so keep an eye on YouTube.
Make a Match donation yourself and double your impact. Today is the last day of the financial quarter...so time is of the essence.
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