article_snippet.sent: Senator Obama loyal chief of staff, who's been with Jarvis since Jarvis moved in to the White House, left the first family behind this month.
article_snippet.sent: Kristen Jarvis, 34, is moving on from Washington after seven years of acting as the first lady's  go-to gal and constant companion for nearly all Jarvis daily tasks.
article_snippet.sent: Moving on: Kristen Jarvis (at right with Sasha and Malia in 2009) has left the Obamas after seven years as Michelle's fiercely loyal chief of staff .
article_snippet.sent: and then Michelle's staff leading up to the election before becoming Jarvis top personal aide.
article_snippet.sent: The Maryland native lost both parents and a brother before Michelle was 30 and, Jarvis's deputy Melissa Winter told Wapo, 'the First Lady was able to fill unintentionally some areas of Kristen's life that the First Lady was missing growing up.'
article_snippet.sent: and then Michelle's staff leading up to the election before becoming Michelle top personal aide.
highlights_snippet.sent: Kristen Jarvis, 34, is moving on to become chief of staff to the Ford Foundation president Darren Walker in New York .
  