As a Houston native, Michele discovered her passion for dance at a young age. Between her time at Oklahoma City University and Texas A&M, she studied many aspects of dance including production, performance, education, and kinesiology. She has spent time as a teaching assistant in many classrooms of Hope Stone Inc.’s art education programs, taught in community residency for early education and integrated populations under TUTS – The River, and collaborated and taught with various dance studios. As an intern for the National Dance Education Organization, she worked to connect and expand the network of dance teachers across the country, and she continues to use NDEO sources to update her pedagogy practices. As the ECE Administrative Assistant, Michele is eager to further promote dance as an art available to people of all backgrounds.