In 2008 Barack Obama became the 44th president and first African American to become leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world. Little did we anticipate that his good wife would equally step into the limelight becoming a significantly influential first lady revered by all. Looking beyond being judged or type cast for her ethnicity, she made sure her pubic recognised her for her achievements and her efforts to improve issues that had not yet been tackled in the right way. From encouraging young girls all over the world to learn and indeed for all government to provide education, to tackling childhood obesity, to speaking out for military families to mental health awareness – I mean is there anything this woman can’t do (that also goes for rocking out the
best outfit at the Inauguration Ball in 2009 – I mean did someone say fabulous!) And how can you
forget her appearance in James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke or getting jiggy with that skipping rope on the Disney channel! If my daughter can relate to her, be inspired by her and want to be like her than that’s a winner in my
book.
