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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th president, Barack Obama. She was the first African American first lady of the United States. As an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls’ education, she has become a role model. Mrs. Obama remembers growing up on the South Side of Chicago and thinking “being smart is cooler than anything in the world.” After earning degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, she joined Sidley Austin LLP, where she met Barack Obama in Guided by the desire to improve her community, she left the firm in the mids to begin a career in public service. She directed community and external affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center prior to moving to Washington in During her husband’s two presidential campaigns, Mrs. Obama delivered poignant speeches that centered on her family’s commitment to serving others and highlighted the importance of her role as a parent.
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In , Amy Sherald became the first woman to win the National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition with her painting Miss Everything (Unsuppressed D
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Michelle Obama
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Reach Higher
First Lady Michelle Obama greets students at the City College of New York graduation on June 3,
In , First Lady Michelle Obama launched her Reach Higher initiative, an effort to inspire every student in America to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school, whether at a professional training program, a community college, or a four-year college or university.
In today's economy, a high school diploma just isn't enough, which is why the First Lady is working to rally the country around ensuring that the United States once again has the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.
Reach Higher aims to ensure all students understand what they need to complete their education, including: exposing students to college and career opportunities; understanding financial aid and college affordability; encouraging academic planning and summer learning opportunities; and supporting high school counselors who can help more kids get to and through a post-secondary institution.
Helping More Students Reach Higher for College and Beyond
College Opportunity Summits
In two separate summits in January and December of , President Obama and the First Lady put out calls to action to college presidents, foundations, school district leader