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Shakira on Obama's Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education (Waka Waka VIDEO)

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Pop singing star Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, a Grammy Award winner who is best-known for her 2 million selling CD ‘She Wolf’, has been enlisted by President Barack Obama's White House.  She has been asked to be a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanics.  The Commission is a four-member group designed to advise the President and Education Secretary Arne Duncan. 

In a White House statement, it was said: 

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.  In addition to her career in music, Ms. Mebarak Ripoll has been involved in a number of global educational efforts. 

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Shakira attended UCLA in the past. 

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Source:  ABC

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