Michelle works in First Year Experience overseeing the identity-based Living-Learning Community Peer Mentors and their programming, in addition to training the FYE Student Managers and hosting parent and family webinars. They have a Bachelor’s in Religion with minors in Sociology and Asian Studies from California Lutheran University, a Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of San Francisco, and worked in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan while on the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). Outside of work, Michelle has three rescue cats, watches RuPaul’s Drag Race and still plays Pokémon Go.