Michelle Obama is an American attorney and author who served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. As First Lady, she focused on promoting healthy families, service members and their families, and higher education. She is the author of the memoir 'Becoming', which was published in 2018 and became a bestseller.