In 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961 , Honolulu , Hawaii.  His father left him to attend school when he was only two. Without a father nor family member as a role model, Obama left his home to attend college where he earned his degree from Columbia University and Harvard University Law school.  He would read deeply about political and international affairs. During an internship in his first year in Harvard Law, he met Michelle Robinson, and they later moved to Chicago. In 2008, he became the senator from Illinois whose campaign slogan was “Yes We Can,” and beat Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. The following year in 2009, he was elected as the first Black President of the United States and one of his first acts in the office was to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay act of 2009. This was a huge benefit for women by fighting for equal pay. On March 23, 2010, he signed the Affordable Care Act, which is known as Obamacare. This gave every American access to affordable healthcare being one of the Obama administration’s most prominent legacies. Throughout his second term as President, he went up against the use of chemical weapons and defended gay marriage. He will be remembered as the President whose intention was to motivate a nation,  “No matter who you are or what you look like, how you started off, America is a place where you can write your own destiny.”