Michelle Robinson Obama was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
As a very active and transformational first lady, Michelle Obama launched and led four main initiatives: Let’s Move! to fight the challenge of child obesity; Joining Forces to support veterans, members of the armed forces and their families; Reach Higher to inspire the youth to seek Higher Education; and Let Girls Learn to help adolescent girls all over the world to go to school.
Before the White House, Michelle Obama graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm Chicago Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband back then, Barack Obama.
After that, she worked in the Chicago city government as an assistant to the mayor, also in the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Hospitals. Michelle also became executive director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues.
In 2018, Michelle Obama launched her book of memoir, Becoming, which sold more copies than any other book published in the United States that year, breaking the record in only 15 days and instantly ranked as number 1 in New York Times bestseller list.
Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964. She married Barack Obama in 1992.
At present, they live in Washington DC and have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.