from a black girl from the south side of chicago to the first black first lady in the white house michelle obama is the epitome of grace and class born michelle lavonne robinson in 1964 her father was a city pump operator and her mother dedicated herself to raising her and her brother after graduating as salutatorian of her high school michelle went on to princeton and then harvard law school where she earned her jd in the summer of 1989 while working at a corporate law firm she met barack obama michelle tried to stay professional but eventually gave
in she and barack dated for two years before their eventual marriage in october of 1992 a decade later they had two beautiful daughters sasha and malia michelle obama was a hospital executive when her husband decided to run for president in her memoir she describes putting her career on hold and the exhaustive emotional toll of the campaign trail it paid off because in january of 2009 michelle obama became the first black first lady of the united states in her tenure she would go on to campaign on important issues like education support for veterans and putting an
end to childhood obesity she also became a fashion icon sporting high-end looks from versace jason wu and alexander mcqueen in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election michelle took the spotlight during a speech at the democratic national convention when someone is cruel or acts like a bully you don't stoop to their level no our motto is when they go low we go high since she left the white house michelle obama published her best-selling memoir becoming and let listeners in on intimate conversations about life lessons through the michelle obama podcast what you'll do next we'll
just have to wait and see
