Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the
44th and current President of the United States,
Barack Obama, and the
first African-American
First Lady of the United States. Raised on the
South Side of Chicago, Obama attended
Princeton University and
Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago to work at the law firm
Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of
Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the
University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the
2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the
2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of daughters
Malia and
Sasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness,
nutrition, and healthy eating.
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