Black Women in Politics
Michelle Obama Staffer Reveals What It’s Like Working For The First Lady
If you’ve ever had questions about what it’s like working for Michelle Obama, one woman has all answers.
That woman is Melissa Winters, Obama’s long-time aide and current chief of staff.
In an account to Cosmopolitan, Winters described her journey alongside the former first lady, which began during the 2008 presidential campaign.
Winters said,
There were plenty of times where I felt like I was driving or flying around this country with a girlfriend, as opposed to a boss. So much of our conversation could veer off into reality television, or what movies we’ve seen, or what books we were reading. I cannot imagine working for someone you don’t like or don’t respect.
Winters’ details about working for Obama revealed as much about the first lady’s personality as it did about the job.
When Obama was in a bad mood, there was a simple solution: “Just put her in a room with children. She loves kids.”
Of course, there was one bad mood that didn’t seem to have an easy fix, and that was the night that Donald Trump got elected. Winters was texting Obama when …