Michelle Obama Biography

Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964, to Marian and Fraser Robinson on Chicago's South Side. She has a 16 month older brother, Craig. She is 5'11" tall.

Craig is a Brown University men's basketball team coach.

Michelle's schooling

Michelle and Craig both skipped the second grade. She graduated from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago's West Loop in 1981. After high school Michelle went on to Princeton University where in 1985 she graduated cum laude with a B.A. in sociology and a minor in African American studies. After college, Michelle continued her education at Harvard Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 1988.

Michelle Obama's Career

For three years after law school, Michelle worked as an associate in the area of marketing and intellectual property at Chicago law firm Sidley and Austin, where she met Barack Obama. She left the corporate law world in 1991 to work as assistant to the mayor and then as assistant commissioner of planning and development for the City of Chicago.
In 1993, Michelle became founding executive director of Public Allies - Chicago, a leadership training program that received AmeriCorps National Service funding.
Obama served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago since 199 developing the University's Community Service Center. She worked for the University of Chicago Hospitals beginning in 2002, first as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May, 2005, as Vice President for Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She also managed the business diversity program.
In May 2006, Essence magazine listed her among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women."In July 2007, Vanity Fair magazine listed her among "10 of the World's Best Dressed People".
Barack, Michelle and their two daughters Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, live on the south side of Chicago, where they attend Trinity United Church of Christ.

Michelle Obama is currently taking a time-out from her career to help with her husband's presidential campaign. She has been described as Obama's "secret weapon" and the "closer" in the campaign.