By Julian Hooks, Business Administration
First Lady Michelle Obama will kick off a new program this week that aims to encourage more low income Americans to pursue a college degree.
Michelle Obama at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C.
Obama launched the program on at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C.
“I’m here today because I want you to know that my story can be our story. The details might be a little different, but so many of the challenges and triumphs will be just the same,” Obama told students at the school, according to the New York Times.
Obama grew up on the south side of Chicago, the daughter of a pump operator for the Chicago Water Department and a stay-at-home Mom. She eventually attended an academic magnet high school and then went to college. Obama eventually graduated from Princeton University, where she studied sociology and African-American Studies, and Harvard Law School.
She has often – particularly when speaking to children – emphasized that attending college is what changed her life and led to her success as an adult.
According to the Times, Obama told the students on Tuesday that “you’ve got to do whatever it takes to continue your education after high school – whether that’s going to a community college, or getting a technical certificate, or completing a training opportunity, or heading off to a four-year college.”
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