obama was born michelle lavaughn robinson at provident hospital of cook county in chicago, illinois on january 17, 1964. she went to princeton university and harvard law school. she and barack obama were married on october 3, 1992, and they have two children, malia (born july 4, 1998) and sasha (born june 10, 2001). for a long time, she lived in chicago with her family. then, her husband became a junior senator for the state of illinois. after that, he ran for president of the usa and won. michelle became the first lady of the united states and lived in the white house with her husband and two children. her husband was elected on november 6, 2012, to a second term as president, so she served as first lady until january 20, 2017.