Michelle Obama

Michelle Robinson Obama was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and began her career as a lawyer at the Sidley & Austin firm in Chicago, where she met Barack Obama, her future husband. Later, she worked at the city hall and at the University of Chicago and its medical center. Also in that city, she founded the branch of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people to work in the public service sector.

Currently, the Obamas live in Washington D.C. and have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

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