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I discovered my passion as an entrepreneur when a sudden illness forced an alternate career path. What began as freelance consulting turned into an international trade company generating multi-million dollars in annual sales. I then got involved helping others start & grow businesses by running a federal grant program.

Ever the entrepreneur, circumstances presented the opportunity to take the program to the next level, and I did, by transforming the program into an independent nonprofit organization. I have since been involved in numerous ventures and have traveled throughout the U.S., Latin America, and as far as Hong Kong and mainland China.  

Michelle holds a Master's of International Affairs from the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego.  She also graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Communication and Spanish from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed the Summer Enrichment Program at California Western School of Law.  She is a certified administrator and facilitator of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's First Step FastTrac® Entrepreneurial Training program.