Jacobson es la primera mujer en ocupar el cargo de embajadora de Estados Unidos en México.

“Creo que es un gran momento para ser la promotora de los Estados Unidos en México, y de los beneficios de esta alianza continua para ambos países. Con mayor frecuencia, los retos que enfrentamos son transnacionales, ya sean retos de competitividad, energéticos, climáticos, criminales y de drogas; asimismo, las soluciones deben ser transnacionales. Es importante no perder de vista las oportunidades, que fácilmente pueden perderse en el ruido. Oportunidades de ser socios en educación para la fuerza laboral del siglo XXI con la capacidad de superar a cualquiera en el mundo”, aseguró la diplomática.

Jacobson también expresó su interés de “aprender todo sobre cada rincón de México y conocer a tantos mexicanos de distintos orígenes como me sea posible”. Y destacó que todos se benefician cuando la relación entre México y Estados Unidos florece.

Como se publicó anteriormente en Protocolo, Jacobson es la primera mujer en ocupar el cargo de embajadora de Estados Unidos en México.

Roberta S. Jacobson cuenta con más de 25 años de experiencia trabajando para el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos. Desde sus inicios como diplomática se sintió atraída por la política y cultura latinoamericana.

Roberta habla muy buen español, es madre de dos hijos, creció en New Jersey y antes de unirse al Departamento de Estado siempre quiso ser bailarina. Es una de las principales defensoras de los derechos de las mujeres en Estados Unidos. Es una estadista determinada y profesional con amplios estudios y experiencia en leyes y diplomacia pública.

Considerada como la funcionaria estadounidense con más conocimiento de México, Jacobson lleva una década en posiciones vinculadas a la relación con México.

Jacobson está graduada por la Universidad de Brown y luego fue estudiante del prestigioso Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy de la Universidad de Tufts; llegó en 1989 al Departamento de Estado como miembro del Servicio Civil.

Roberta Jacobson nueva embajadora de Estados Unidos en México

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• At 5/23/2016 05:27:00 p.m.
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Today is Opening Day -- a day that brings back a lot of memories of my father Jackie Robinson.

They are memories that my mother and I carried with us when, last week, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited us to join them on a trip to Havana, Cuba. It was an experience of a lifetime. We were thrilled and honored to be in their company and to witness our President extend the hand of friendship to the Cuban people.

Our 48-hour itinerary took us through Old Havana, to a State dinner at the Palace of the Revolution, and to the El Gran Teatro de Havana for President Obama's speech to the Cuban people. Everywhere we traveled, I was touched by the response of our Cuban hosts, who lined the travel routes and enthusiastically greeted the President and his delegation. We waved back, squarely meeting their sense of hope with our own. The scene struck me as a sign of the beginning of a changing Cuba.

One of the highlights of our trip was the exhibition baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team at Havana’s festive Estadio Latinamericano.

It brought back very personal memories of my father, Jackie Robinson, talking about his trip to Cuba in 1947, when the Brooklyn Dodgers trained in Havana.

At the time, Dad was a member of the Dodgers' farm team, the Montreal Royals. Branch Rickey arranged for him to fly to Cuba for an exhibition game, just a couple of months before he broke down baseball's color barrier in the United States. To me, this connection to my father almost brought me to tears. I was watching a baseball game in the same stadium nearly seventy years later -- and during another historic era.

Our parents raised my brothers and me with the understanding that the struggle for equality and social change was ongoing. As kids, we integrated our schools, marched alongside our parents in the 1963 March on Washington, and helped raise money for the Civil Rights Movement through a series of jazz concerts on our lawn in Stamford, Connecticut.

I wasn't in Havana in 1947, but it was my great fortune to be there in 2016 -- witnessing the early steps toward normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba. As I watched President Obama and my mother embrace, I was overcome with gratitude and pride for the President, the people of Cuba, Major League Baseball, and the unifying game of baseball.

My dad once said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." I am certain that the goodwill extended by this trip ultimately will impact the lives of millions. My father would be so happy that Mom and I were part of the story.

Sharon Robinson

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• At 4/04/2016 02:09:00 p.m.
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