UNITED States First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama heads the list January birthday celebrants. She will be celebrating her 52nd birthday on Sunday, January 17, with her husband, President Barack Obama and daughters Malia and Natasha.
Mrs. Obama is a lawyer and writer prior to becoming First Lady. Raised at the South Side of Chicago, she attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She returned to Chicago and worked at Sidley Austin, where she met her husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband’s presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Other celebrities who will be celebrating their birthdays for the first month of the year are:
January1 – Daly City teenager Joseph Cabreraw ho will celebrate his lucky l6th birthday;
January 2 – Former Mrs. RP-USA Fely Casco;
January 4 – Kapuso Channel actress K atrina Halili;
January 5 – Costco executive Renato “Boyet” Bala;
January 6 – Tire-Pro owner Richard Tan;
January 7 – Megastar Sharon Cuneta-Pangilinan;
January 8 – Dancing queen of the Bay Area Lilly Smith;
January 10 – Movie producer Jessie Ejercito;
January 12 – ASAP co-host and actor Piolo Pascual, A, comedian Bentong, Kapamilya actress Melissa Ricks, and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao’s wife Jinkee Pacquiao;
January 14 – San Rafael’s singing diva Malou Hajian;
January 15 – Kapamilya actress and singer Toni Gonzaga, actor Jestoni Alarcon and South San Francisco business executive JR Garvida;
January 17 – Los Angeles-based Filipina actress Hilda Koronel;
January 20 – San Mateo Harbor District Commissioner Robert Bernardo;
January 24 – Club Royale grand dame Jet Viray Navarro;
January 25 – the late former Presiden Corazon Aquino, beauty guru Dr. Vicki Belo, former Jukebox Queen Imelda Papin, and actor Richard Gutierrez;
January 29 – Hotel executive Flordelis L. Mayapis, and South San Francisco community leader Ressie Espiritu;
January 31 – Singer-actress Jessa Zaragosa.
Happy birthday to all January celebrants, and my loyal readers, a Happy and Prosperous New Year!