Michelle is a bay area native. Growing up in the tech culture of the area has influenced her in many ways. A self professed “gadget geek” one of her first jobs was selling cell phones for AT&T, But she was an artist at heart. She attended Brooks College and completed her Associate of Arts in Fashion Design in 2007. She runs her own business Seren Atra Studios in her free time and among other companies has worked with Google, and Reputation.com. Her plans for the future are to pursue a degree in Computer Science.