Posted May 26, 2009 at 1:53 PM

Tagged: Barack Obama (National) José Serrano (NY) Nydia Velázquez (NY)

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-libron2712804442may26,0,7672414.story?tr...

She grew up in a housing project in the South Bronx, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and lost her father when she was just 9 years old -- and now, she's President Obama's pick for the first...