Family of Barack Obama the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She returned to speak at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, and again during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, where she delivered a speech in support of the Democratic presidential nominee, and fellow First Lady, Hillary Clinton. As First Lady, Michelle Obama sought to become a role model for women, an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity and healthy eating, and became a fashion icon. Barack and Michelle Obama have two daughters: Malia Ann (), born July 4, 1998, and Natasha (known as Sasha ), born on June 10, 2001. They were
Malia (canoe) Catalina-to-Newport race in 1959 was the alleged pirating of a fiberglass plug of the "Malia". This shell, reportedly taken without authorization while the "Malia" awaited shipment back to Hawaii, was later made into a mold. From this mold, and the hulls that came from it, other molds were made. The majority of the fiberglass canoes in use in Hawaii and California today have been made from these molds. Thus the "Malia" inadvertently sired a noble fleet of fiberglass-and-resin-canoes. In 1960, a California-made fiberglass model of the "Mālia" competed in the annual paddling race across the Molokai Channel (the Molokai Hoe)