Michele graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in Recreation, after a successful run of school and amateur athletics. She learned about and worked in adaptive recreation and sports in the Bay Area at Janet Pomeroy Center, BORP, SFSU and UC Berkeley, and has been a participant in many inclusionary activities for folks of varying ages and abilities for over 20 years as a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. Michele enjoys futbol (soccer), biking, cooking, travel, her pets and being in nature, then refueling at any number of yummy vegan food carts in and around Portland!