Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama, born in 1964 in Chicago, is an American lawyer and former First Lady of the United States. She served as First Lady from 2009 to 2017. She studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School and began her career as a lawyer at Sidley & Austin in Chicago, where she met Barack Obama. She later worked in the Chicago mayor’s office, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also founded the Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people for careers in public service. She published the books *Becoming* and *Das Licht in uns*.