Born:
January 17, 1964
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Trivia:
Attended a gifted class at Bryn Mawr Elementary School.Graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class.Graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a minor in African-American studies.In 1989, met Barack Obama at the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin where she worked as an associate attorney.Saw the movie Do the Right Thing (1989) on her first date with Barack Obama during the summer of 1989.Served as Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, and Vice President of Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center.The first person besides Oprah Winfrey to appear on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine.The first First Lady of the United States of African-American descent.Her memoir, Becoming, was released on November 13, 2018.