--- title: Michelle Obama: Final First Lady Speech Livestream Online description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. canonical: https://time.com/4625695/michelle-obama-final-first-lady-speech-livestream/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-06T14:15:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:35:07.377Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady og:description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. og:url: https://time.com/4625695/michelle-obama-final-first-lady-speech-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c22a160f2c24500/6988b2ba8fd2ee401b35528f/michelle-obama-west-virginia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks At Event Celebrating 20th Century Art og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady twitter:description: Michelle Obama is set to deliver her final remarks as First Lady of the United States on Friday morning. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c22a160f2c24500/6988b2ba8fd2ee401b35528f/michelle-obama-west-virginia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Michelle Obama's Final Speech as First Lady > Sponsored content. 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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during an event to celebrate 20th Century Art in the White House October 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 6, 2017 2:15 PM UTC [Michelle Obama](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/michelle-obama/) is set to deliver [her final remarks](http://time.com/4624004/michelle-obama-final-remarks-school-counselor/) as [First Lady of the United States](http://time.com/4573554/michelle-obama-racism-first-lady/) on Friday morning. Speaking from the White House, Obama will honor the 2017 school counselor of the year, an annual tradition she began in 2015\. This year the recipient is Terri Tchorzynski, a counselor at the Calhoun Area Career Center in Battle Creek, Mich. “I just do my job to the best of my ability, so to be honored at a national level like this is just awe-inspiring,” Tchorzynski [told TIME](http://time.com/4624004/michelle-obama-final-remarks-school-counselor/?xid=tcoshare). “This whole experience is just shocking to me because I do what I love.” The event is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. E.T. 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