Michelle Obama
Author and former First Lady
Michelle Obama is a lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She wrote the memoir Becoming and the book The Light We Carry.
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American Born 1964 in Chicago, United States
About Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama was born in Chicago and raised on the city's South Side. She graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, then began her career as a lawyer at the Chicago firm Sidley & Austin, where she met Barack Obama. They married in 1992 and have two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Her later work included nonprofit roles, a post at the University of Chicago and a senior position at the University of Chicago Medical Center. As First Lady she was the first African-American to hold the role. She championed poverty awareness, education, nutrition, exercise and eating well. Her books include the bestselling memoir Becoming (2018) and The Light We Carry (2022).