Roberta enjoys a visit with U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Roberta gets a hug from Mayflower author Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Roberta shares a moment with author Christopher Buckley, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Roberta gets some cooking pointers from author Marcus Samuelsson, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Roberta swoons over Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Roberta meets television star Luke Perry, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Roberta greets Ohio's future Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Roberta introduces herself to Mary Jo Kilroy, Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative (OH), Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

U.S. Representative (D-OH), 2009-Current.

Roberta discusses the 2006 election with Democratic strategist James Carville, Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 6, 2006

Roberta greets Earl Dodge, Prohibition Party candidate for President in every election since 1984, APIC Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, October 28, 2006

Roberta is caught by wildlife adventurer Jeff Corwin, Hitchcock Hall, Ohio State University, April 23, 2007

Roberta sleuths with her favorite author, Sue Grafton, Columbus (Ohio) Public Library, April 28, 2007

Roberta shares travel stories with Lonely Planet star, Ian Wright, at the Bughouse Square Debates, Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 2007

Roberta chats with Ishmael Beah, best-selling author and child soldier, Oberlin (Ohio) Public Library, September 11, 2007

Roberta chats with former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (1995-1998) Peter Tomsen, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007

Roberta enjoys a moment with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Sanjay Gupta was appointed Surgeon General of the United States in 2009.

Roberta learns some cooking secrets from Food Network Iron Chef Cat Cora, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2007

Roberta gets education advocate Jonathan Kozol to inscribe his book for her, Weigel Hall, Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 2007

Roberta gets a hug from Ohio State University President Gordon Gee outside the Mershon Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, October 3, 2007

Roberta and Guatemalan 1992 Nobel Peace Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu-Tum, Mershon Auditorium, Columbus, Ohio, October 15, 2007

Roberta enjoys a moment with Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, Rosse Hall, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, November 10, 2007

Roberta with former Ohio Governor John Gilligan and his wife, Dr. Susan Fremont, Trio's Restaurant, outside Cincinnati, Ohio, January 26, 2008

Roberta introduces herself to former CBO Director, Alive Rivlin, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008

Roberta chats with former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C., April 11, 2008

Roberta renews her acquaintance with baseball great Cal Ripken, Jr., Barnes and Noble Book Store, Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 2008

Roberta with Cao Dai dignitary, Holy See, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, July 19, 2008

Roberta meets famed song writer Carole King, Urban Coffee House, Worthington, Ohio, September 24, 2008

Roberta enjoys the company of Daniel Schorr, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2008

Roberta with noted author and pundit Eleanor Clift, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2008

Roberta bumps into Alexander McCall Smith at the National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2008

Roberta with famed CBS correspondent Bob Schieffer, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2008

Roberta with actress Rosie Perez, Obama Rally, Genoa Park, Columbus, Ohio, October 4, 2008