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Michelle Obama - Her Bio

Michelle was born on 17 January, 1964 in Chicago Illinois. Her mother Marian was a former secretary, and her father Fraser Robinson, worked at a city water plant. Michelle Obama was raised in a conventional home, along with her brother Craig, who is 16 months older. Craig is also a success story, with a history in mens basketball - he is currently Oregon State Beavers mens basketball coach. Michelles father had high morals and levels of expectations, which she has carried with her to date.

While better known as the wife of Republican Candidate Senator Barack Obama, Michelle is her own success story. She appeared on a list of "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women" published by Essence magazine, which she followed up in 2007 with Vanity Fair magazine nominating her as one of the "World's Ten Best Dressed People."

Also in 2007, she entered "The Harvard 100" ranking 58th on a list of the prior year's most influential Harvard alumni; husband Barack was ranked fourth. She keeps good company, having made two campaign appearances with Oprah Winfrey. A recent fundraising lunch she hosted for Governor Chris Gregoire raised over $300,000 for the governor's campaign against Dino Rossi. The wife of Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama she may be - but Michelle Obama is her own success story.

Michelle attended Whitney M Young Magnet High School in Chicago before going on to Princeton University, where she graduated in 1985 with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in African American studies. After Princeton, she continued her education at Harvard Law School, graduating with a law degree in 1988. After law school, Michelle worked for three years as an Associate in the field of marketing and intellectual property for law firm Sidley and Austin. There she was assigned to work with the only other African American, a summer associate from Harvard - her future husband, Barack Obama.

Leaving the corporate law world in 1991 to pursue a public service career, she became an assistant to the Mayor of Chicago, and then Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development for Chicago. Michelle Obama then served as Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, where she developed the University's first Community Service Program.

In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, first as an Executive Director for Community Affairs, and then as Vice President for Community and External Affairs. She now works this position part-time, to enable her to have more time to devote to her family.

She became "Michelle Obama" in 1992 after marrying Barack; they now have two daughters, Malia Obama (born 1999) and Natasha Obama (born 2001). In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization helping young adults develop skills for careers in the public sector.

During May 2007, three months after her husband declared his Presidential Candidacy, Michelle reduced her professional responsibilities by eighty percent. She has accepted the role of aspiring First Lady, and travels the country alongside Barack Obama, giving speeches and attending events. She makes sure she is not away from her daughters for too long. Michelle has been described as focused, tough, steely, and has a sharp sense of humor.

Past the point of no return, life for both Barack and Michelle Obama has now changed for ever. They will always be in the sights of blatant and shameful propagandists who, for example, paint good Christians as Muslims, and who show little regard for truth or family privacy. Secret Service protection is now a way of life, with Michelle having her own dedicated team, as they face the fears of extremist action.

Naturally competitive, intelligent, inclined not to take things for granted and with a direct, practical approach toward politics, Michelle compliments her husband well. Michelle Obama likes to keep things calm, keeping Barack focused, with his feet firmly planted on the ground. She displays a determined passion for the Barack Obama campaign and is amongst his biggest assets. However, she may also be his achilles heel; Barack seems able to shrug off criticism of himself far more easily than criticism of his wife; and, increasingly, Michelle Obama is being targeted by those that want to unsettle Barack.

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