doi:10.7916/efzr-vv69Oral history interview with Krishanti O’Mara Vignarajah, 2021Vignarajah, Krishanti, 1979-oral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesGirls--Access to education--United StatesVignarajah, Krishanti, 1979-Obama, BarackObama, Michelle, 1964-Let Girls Learn (Program)United States. Department of StateUnited States. Office of the First LadyKrishanti Vignarajah reflects on her upbringing and education, and discusses her work in the Obama administration, in which she served as a senior advisor in the State Department and, from 2015 to 2017, as policy director to First Lady Michelle Obama. Vignarajah focuses on her time in the East Wing, and speaks widely about Let Girls Learn, the first lady's global initiative to expand girls' access to education. She provides details about the launch and development of the initiative, including about the East Wing's management of interagency collaborations and partnerships with private sector firms and organizations; Michelle Obama's personal commitment to the cause; the East Wing's public awareness campaign; diplomacy with prospective partner countries; and the role of Let Girls Learn-related programming in the first lady's foreign travel. Also discussed are the Vignarajah family's immigration from Sri Lanka to the U.S., the process by which Mrs. Obama identified areas for policy focus, and the administration's approach to the final two years of the presidency