Michelle Obama

Surname
Obama (née Robinson)
Given names
Michelle LaVaughn
Occupation
Lawyer & Vice President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals
Age
47
Date of birth
January 17, 1964
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois

Childhood:

- Residence: She grew up in a two-story house on Euclid Street in Chicago's South Shore community area.

- Family: She was born to Fraser Robinson III, a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain, and Marian (née Shields), a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store. Michelle's brother, Craig Robinson (who is 21 months older) is the head coach of the Oregon State University men's basketball team.

- Studies: Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband.

Witticism
When she was little, her brother gave her the nickname "Miche". One of Michelle's chores was to clean the bathroom every saturday. Michelle and here brother were limited to one hour of television every day. Michelle skipped the second grade—just like her brother and both of her parents. In the sixth grade, she took biology and French at Kennedy-King, a nearby community college.

Today:

- Residence: The White House, Washington, D.C. (official) Kenwood, Chicago (private)

- Familial situation: She is the wife of the fourty-fourth president of the United States, Barack Obama (who is 28 months older) since 1992. Together they had two children, Malia (born on July 4, 1998) and Sasha (born on June 10, 2001).

Famous to
Be the wife of the current president of the U.S., Barack Obama and to be the first African-American First Lady of the United States.

Carreer
Following law school, she was an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin, where she first met her future husband. In 1991, she held public sector positions in the Chicago