Michelle obama
- 2. Early Life Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964. She was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Her full name is Michelle LaVaughan Robinson Obama. Her father Frasier Robinson was a city pump operator and Democratic precinct captain. Her mother Marian was a Spiegel’s Secretary. She had an older brother named Craig. Craig and Michelle are 16 months apart. They were supposed to be twins but it was a mistake. Michelle Obama once went to Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Michelle Obama found her future husband at Sidley Austin. His name was Barack Obama. Michelle Obama with her brother Craig Michelle Obama when she was young.
- 3. Adult Life Michelle Obama and Barak Obama were dating at a restaurant. Michelle Obama still recalls that when she went to the restaurant to date with Barak Obama, Barak Obama gave her a ring and she got shocked to see it. So, then they both married each other at Trinity United Church of Christ on October 18, 1992. In 1999 Michelle Obama had a baby girl named Malia. In 2001 Michelle Obama had another baby girl named Natasha. While Michelle Obama and Barak Obama were in a campaign the two daughters were left with their grandmother, Marian. In 1993 she became Executive director for the Chicago Office of Public Allies. Then she worked for the University of Chicago Hospitals in the beginning of 2002. Barak Obama was picked to be a U.S. Senate from Illinois on November, the year of 2004. He delivered a high-profiled speech in 2004. Michelle Obama and her family. Malia (left) and Natasha (right).
- 4. Accomplishments On May the year of 2006 Michelle Obama was featured “The World’s Most Inspiring Women.” She also made the Vanity Fair best-dressed list two years in a row. Michelle Obama was focused on supporting military families, helping women take care of career and family, and encouraging national service. Michelle Obama and her husband Barak Obama volunteered at shelters and soup kitchens in near Washington D.C. Michelle Obama has supported organic food movement. She has showed the White House how to prepare organic food for guests and her family. In March 2009 Michelle Obama worked with 23 fifth graders from a local school to plant a 1,100 square foot garden of fresh vegetables and put in bee hives. Then the same students who planted and installed bee hives came and learned how to cook organic food. Michelle Obama has been working very hard to fight childhood obesity. This is her main agenda which she has been focused on doing. Michelle Obama fighting for Michelle Obama working childhood planting a garden with the fifth obesity. graders.