born in 1964 in Chicago Illinois Michelle leavon Robinson Obama better known as Michelle Obama is a famous former first lady of the United States with African-American Roots Michelle graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School beginning her legal career at sidley Austin where she met her husband Barack Obama and married him in 1992 Michelle then spent a few years leading nonprofit organizations until she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid in the 2000s after Obama was elected Michelle became the country's 46th first lady and continued to take a strong stance on various social issues after her husband's term ended Michelle continued to be a woman of great influence in the media and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2021 20