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For most people, a name is simply a name. For Malia Obama, it has always been something heavier: a symbol, a headline, a projection of expectations formed long before she had the chance to define herself. Every public appearance, every career move, every quiet step into adulthood has been filtered through a political legacy that predates her own voice. In Los Angeles, where she now lives and works, that reality has followed her—but it has also begun to loosen its grip.
