Learn English with Michelle OBAMA Uplifting Life Story 🌟 | Learn English Through Story 📖 | Level 3 🎧

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welcome
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everyone today I want to share a story
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with you that is both inspiring and
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heartwarming it will not only touch your
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heart but also help you improve your
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English listening
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skills this is the story of Michelle
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Obama she grew up in a small house in
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Chicago and worked hard to become a
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leader a role model and a source of Hope
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for Millions around the
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world her journey isn't just about
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becoming the first lady of the United
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States or achieving
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Fame it's about staying true to yourself
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believing in your dreams and making a
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difference in the world no matter where
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you come
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from stay with me until the end because
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this story isn't just about
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Michelle it's about the lessons we all
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can learn
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are you
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ready let's
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begin Michelle Obama was born on January
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17th
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1964 on the south side of
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Chicago she lived in a small apartment
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on the second floor of a house owned by
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her great
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aunt Michelle shared this home with her
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parents Fraser and Maran Robinson and
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her older brother
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Craig their apartment was small but it
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was filled with love laughter and a
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sense of
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togetherness life wasn't always easy for
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the Robinson
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family Michelle's father Fraser Robinson
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III worked at the city's water
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plant his job was hard and tiring
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especially because he had a disease
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called multiple
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sclerosis this illness made it difficult
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for him to walk or move but Fraser never
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complained he woke up early every day
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got ready and went to
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work Fraser often told Michelle and
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Craig you can't always control what
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happens to you but you can control how
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hard you
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work his strength and determination left
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a lasting impression on his
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children Fraser was not only hardworking
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but also kind and
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respectful he t Michelle and Craig that
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true strength comes from
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within watching their father face
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challenges with courage taught them to
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never give up no matter how difficult
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life might
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seem Michelle's Mother Maran Robinson
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stayed home to take care of the
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family she was gentle but firm always
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teaching her children important lessons
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about
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life Maran often said treat everyone
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with respect ECT no matter who they
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are she believed education was the key
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to a brighter future and spent hours
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helping Michelle and Craig with their
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homework Maran encouraged them to dream
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big stay curious and always ask
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questions although the Robinson didn't
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have much money they made the most of
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what they
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had they enjoyed simple Joys like
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playing games of Monopoly reading books
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and visiting
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family Michelle also learned to play the
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piano from her great aunt who lived
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downstairs on weekends the family went
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to church or took trips to a small cabin
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in
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Michigan these moments brought them
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closer and created happy
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memories Fraser and Maran valued
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learning and growth above all
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else they didn't give their children
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fancy toys or expensive vacations but
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they gave them something even more
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valuable lessons about kindness hard
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work and the importance of helping
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others Michelle grew up knowing that
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success wasn't about what you owned it
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was about being a good person and making
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the world better for
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others Michelle Obama showed a love for
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learning from a young
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age she enjoyed school and was curious
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about the
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world she liked reading books solving
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problems and asking
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questions her teachers noticed her focus
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and strong desire to
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learn they often said she was a bright
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student with great
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potential growing up on the south side
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of Chicago came with
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challenges many of Michelle's classmates
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came from families with more money and
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resources
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some had private tutors expensive
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supplies and extra
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lessons Michelle didn't have those
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things but she didn't let it hold her
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back her parents always encouraged her
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to work
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hard they told her it doesn't matter
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where you
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start what matters is how hard you
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work Michelle followed their advice and
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stayed determined to achieve her goals
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when it was time for high school
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Michelle was accepted into Whitney Young
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High School a selective school for
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talented
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students this was a big accomplishment
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but it wasn't
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easy the school was far from her home
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and Michelle had to wake up early every
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day to catch the
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bus many of her classmates came from
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wealthier
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neighborhoods at times Michelle felt
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like she didn't belong
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still she focused on her studies and
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worked hard to
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succeed at Whitney Young Michelle's
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efforts paid
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off she excelled in her classes joined
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the student council and became a leader
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in her
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school she helped plan events and worked
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on projects that benefited the school
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Community her teachers and classmates
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admired her dedication and Leadership
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skills Michelle's experiences at Whitney
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Young taught her that hard work and
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determination could overcome
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challenges they also prepared her for
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the future where she would continue to
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face new obstacles and
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opportunities in
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1981 Michelle Obama began her studies at
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Princeton
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University her older brother Craig was
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already a student there and she looked
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up to him she wanted to follow in his
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footsteps and Achieve great
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things but getting into Princeton was
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not
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easy some of her High School teachers
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told her she should not try for such a
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big
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dream they said maybe Princeton is not
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the right place for you their words hurt
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but Michelle didn't listen to
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them she was determined to prove that
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she belonged
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at Princeton Michelle studied sociology
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and African-American
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studies she wanted to understand how
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communities worked and how to help
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people in
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1985 she graduated with
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honors as part of her studies she wrote
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a long paper called a
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thesis in it she studied the lives of
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African-American students at
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Princeton she wanted to know if they
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stayed connected to their Community
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after
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graduating her research helped her think
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deeply about race identity and
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belonging when Michelle first arrived at
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Princeton she felt out of
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place many of her classmates were rich
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and had gone to private
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schools they drove fancy cars like
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BMWs which Michelle had never seen
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before
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she sometimes felt like a visitor on
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campus one painful moment came when the
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mother of her white roommate tried to
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move her daughter to another room
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because Michelle was
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black experiences like these made her
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feel lonely but they also made her
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stronger Michelle didn't let these
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challenges stop
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her she joined a group called The Third
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World Center which helped minority
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students feel
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welcome she worked hard to help others
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running a daycare for children and
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tutoring
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students she also spoke up in class even
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challenging how her French teacher
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taught
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lessons Michelle believed that education
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should work for
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everyone after Princeton Michelle went
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to Harvard Law
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School by this time her confidence had
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grown she know longer wondered if she
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belonged she knew she had earned her
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place at Harvard Michelle worked hard in
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her classes but she also stood up for
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others she joined protests asking
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Harvard to hire more minority professors
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and helped poor families with legal
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problems through the Harvard legal aid
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Bureau Michelle graduated from Harvard
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in
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1988 looking back she often said that
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her education gave her opportunities she
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never
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imagined it also taught her an important
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lesson you can stay true to yourself and
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Achieve great
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things you can be both brilliant and
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black she
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said after finishing law school Michelle
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Obama went back to Chicago and started
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working at a big law firm called sidley
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in
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Austin she worked in marketing and
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intellectual property
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law Michelle was smart and worked very
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hard and people respected her at the
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firm at sidley and Austin Michelle met
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Barack
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Obama he was a law student working at
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the firm as an
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intern Michelle was asked to be his
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mentor At first she saw him as just
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another
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colleague but as they spent more time
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together Mich saw how kind and
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passionate he
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was Barack cared deeply about helping
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people and making the world a better
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place his ideas inspired Michelle and
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soon they fell in
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love they got married in
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1992 although Michelle was doing well in
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her job she felt that something was
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missing the work did not make her happy
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she thought a lot about what her parents
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had taught her real success is not about
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making a lot of
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money it's about helping others and
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doing meaningful
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work Michelle realized she wanted to
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make a difference in her
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community in
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1991 Michelle left the law firm to work
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for the city of
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Chicago she became an assistant to the
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mayor and helped with Planning and
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Development projects
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she worked hard to improve the city and
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create better opportunities for its
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people in
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1993 Michelle started working for a
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group called public
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allies this nonprofit organization
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helped young people get involved in
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their communities and work on social
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issues Michelle loved this job and later
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said it was one of the happiest times in
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her
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life she raised a lot of money for the
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group and inspired many young people to
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become
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leaders in
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1996 Michelle joined the University of
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Chicago as the associate dean of student
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services she created a program to help
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students volunteer in the
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community later she worked for the
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University of Chicago hospitals helping
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improve health care for the people in
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the
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city through these jobs Michelle found
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her
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purpose she believed that real success
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was about serving others and making life
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better for families and
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communities she felt proud knowing that
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her work was making a real
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difference before meeting Barack Obama
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Michelle Robinson planned to focus only
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on her
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career but everything changed when she
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met him their first date was in 1989 and
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they saw the movie do the right
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thing Barack later said they were very
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different Michelle grew up in a stable
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home with two
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parents Barack had a more adventurous
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life even with their differences they
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fell in
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love they got married on October 3rd
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1992 starting a family was not easy for
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Michelle and Barack
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after having a miscarriage Michelle used
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invitro fertilization to have their
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daughters Malia was born in
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1998 and Sasha was born in
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2001 their daughters brought happiness
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to their
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lives the family lived on the south side
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of
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Chicago Barack taught law and started
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his political
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career they decided to stay in Chicago
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so their daughters could grow up in a
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familiar
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Place Michelle worked hard to balance
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family and
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career during barack's 2008 presidential
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campaign she promised to spend as much
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time as possible with Malia and
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Sasha she traveled for only two days at
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a time and always returned home
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quickly when Barack became president the
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family moved to Washington DC
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C Malia and Sasha went to Sidwell Friend
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School Michelle's Mother Maran Robinson
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moved into the White House to help with
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child
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care Michelle wanted her daughters to
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grow up feeling loved and
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supported Life as a family was not
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always
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easy Michelle and Barack were very busy
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but they made time for each
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other they often had date nights to keep
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their relationship
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strong Michelle always said my most
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important title is
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Mom for Michelle family always came
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first Michelle Obama's life changed when
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her husband Barack Obama decided to run
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for president in
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2008 at first Michelle wasn't sure about
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the
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idea she worried about how it might
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affect their daughters Malia and
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Sasha after some thought she made an
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agreement with Barack he had to quit
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smoking if he wanted her full
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support Barack agreed and Michelle stood
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by his side as his campaign
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began at first Michelle kept her
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involvement
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small she traveled to events only two
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days a week and avoided staying
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overnight
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she wanted to be home with her daughters
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as much as
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possible but as the campaign grew so did
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Michelle's
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role by February 2008 she was attending
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many
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events she visited schools churches and
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community centers to speak about her
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husband's vision for the
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country Michelle wrote her own speeches
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and often spoke without notes using her
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own life story to connect with
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people one of Michelle's biggest
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challenges was dealing with
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criticism some people tried to paint her
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as angry or unfriendly but Michelle
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refused to let negativity bring her
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down she said when you're in the public
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eye there will always be
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criticism you just take it in
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stride Michelle worked hard to show who
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she truly was a mother a wife and
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someone who cared deeply about
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others at the 2008 Democratic National
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Convention Michelle gave a powerful
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speech she talked about her family's
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values like hard work honesty and
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respect she also shared her love for her
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country and her hope for its
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future her words touched many hearts and
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people across the nation saw her as a
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symbol of the American
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dream in
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2012 Barack ran for
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reelection by this time Michelle was
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more comfortable on the campaign
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Trail she shared stories about their
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life together and showed how much she
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believed in her
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husband many people said Michelle's
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speeches inspired them to believe in
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Hope and
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change through both campaigns Michelle
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played a key
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role she supported Barack while staying
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true to herself and her
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family her kindness strength and honesty
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made her a beloved figure in America and
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around the
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world in 2008 Michelle Obama's life
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changed
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forever her husband Barack Obama became
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the first African-American president of
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the United States
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this was a historic moment for the
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country it was also a big change for
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Michelle and her
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family as First Lady Michelle had an
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important
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role she wanted to use her time in the
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white house to help
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others in her early days as First Lady
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Michelle visited homeless shelters and
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soup
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kitchens she met families who were
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struggling to find food and shelter
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these visits touched her
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heart they reminded her of the lessons
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her parents taught her always help
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others and be
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kind Michelle started programs to help
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children families and Military
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members one of her most famous programs
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was let's
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move it encouraged kids to eat healthy
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food and stay
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active Michelle planted a Garden at the
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White
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House she invited children to help her
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grow
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vegetables she believed small changes
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like eating more fruits and vegetables
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could help kids live healthier
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lives Michelle also started joining
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forces with Jill Biden the wife of Vice
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President Joe
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Biden this program helped military
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families Michelle met with mil military
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spouses and children to hear their
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stories she worked to make sure they had
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access to jobs schools and healthc
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Care many families said Michelle's
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kindness gave them
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hope education was another Focus for
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Michelle she started a program called
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reach
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higher it inspired students to go to
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college or learn new
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skills Michelle visited schools across
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the country to talk to young
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people she told them about her own
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childhood in a small house in
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Chicago she shared how hard work and
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education helped her
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succeed Michelle's words inspired many
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students to dream
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big Michelle also worked to help girls
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around the
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world she started a program called let
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girls learn
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this program helped girls go to
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school in
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2014 she joined the hashtag bringback
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Our Girls
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campaign it raised awareness for
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Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from
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their
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school Michelle showed the world that
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every girl deserves an
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education Michelle's time as first lady
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was full of love and
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service she said when they go low we go
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high encouraging people to stay strong
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and
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positive Michelle showed that leadership
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is about kindness and making a
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difference in people's
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lives her work continues to inspire
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millions of people
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today even with her busy schedule as
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First Lady Michelle Obama always put her
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family
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first she wanted her daughters Malia and
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Sasha to grow up feeling loved and
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supported just as she had felt growing
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up in
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Chicago Michelle worked hard to give her
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girls a normal life even while living in
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the white
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house she made sure they had rules did
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their homework and clean their rooms
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just like any other
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kids Michelle believed it was important
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for them to stay grounded and never
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forget where they came
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from Michelle also taught her daughters
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the same lessons her parents taught her
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to work hard treat people with kindness
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and always stay
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humble she often reminded them that
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success is not about fame or money but
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about how you treat others and the
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difference you make in their
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lives as a family the Obamas spent time
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helping
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others they visited homeless shelters
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and food banks where they served meals
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and talked with people in need
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Michelle wanted Malia and Sasha to see
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the importance of giving back to the
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community the family also spent time
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with military families listening to
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their stories and thanking them for
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their
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sacrifices these moments taught Malia
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and Sasha about gratitude and the value
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of small acts of
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kindness Michelle believed that family
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was the foundation of
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everything she once said at the end of
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the day my most important title is
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Mom her love and care for her family
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showed the world how important it is to
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balance work service and family
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life in November
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2018 Michelle Obama released her book
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becoming in it she told the story of her
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life she wrote about growing up in
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Chicago and becoming a lawyer
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she shared what it was like to be the
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first lady of the United
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States Michelle also talked about her
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struggles and how she stayed
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strong her words were honest and full of
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emotion many people felt inspired by her
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story the book was a huge
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success by
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2019 becoming had sold over 11.5 million
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copies
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people from all over the world read it
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they felt connected to Michelle's
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journey and admired her
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honesty Michelle wanted readers to know
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that it's okay to face
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challenges what matters is how you keep
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going and stay true to
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yourself in 2020 Netflix released a
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documentary about Michelle's book
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tour it was also called
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becoming the film showed Michelle
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traveling to cities meeting readers and
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talking about her
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life she explained why it's important to
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share your
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voice that same Year Michelle won a
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Grammy award for the audio book of
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becoming her warm voice brought her
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story to life and made it even more
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powerful Michelle didn't stop
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there in 2020 she started the Michelle
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Obama pod
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on the podcast she talked about topics
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like family relationships and personal
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growth in 2021 she worked on a
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children's show called waffles plus
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Machi the show taught kids about healthy
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eating and
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cooking it was fun and educational for
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families through her books shows and
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podcasts Michelle continues to inspire
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people she reminds us that everyone has
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a story worth
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sharing she shows that kindness hard
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work and honesty can make a big
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difference in the
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world Michelle Obama's story is full of
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important lessons for all of
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us she shows that hard work and
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education can change our
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lives even though she grew up in a small
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house on the south south side of Chicago
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she never gave up on her
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dreams her parents taught her to work
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hard and she believed that education was
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the key to a better
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future Michelle's dedication helped her
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succeed at Princeton Harvard and
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Beyond another lesson Michelle teaches
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us is to believe in
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ourselves many people doubted her along
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the
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way some told her she wasn't good enough
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for a top school like
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Princeton others questioned her
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decisions as first
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lady but Michelle didn't let their words
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stop
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her she believed in her own abilities
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and stayed focused on her
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goals her story proves that no matter
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where you start you can achieve great
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things if you don't give
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up Michelle also teaches us the
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importance of helping others
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she used her position and education to
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make the world
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better she started programs like let's
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move to help kids live healthier
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lives her reach higher initiative
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encouraged students to go to
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college she also supported military
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families through joining
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forces Michelle always thought about how
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to serve others and make a
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difference through her AC s Michelle
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Obama reminds us that true success isn't
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