Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama born January 17 1964 an American lawyer and writer is the wife of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama and the first AfricanAmerican First Lady of the United States Raised on the South Side of Chicago she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School and spent the early part of her legal career working 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 husbands 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 Malia and Natasha 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