Michelle's work has been seen or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Glimmer Train, Swink, Poetry Daily, Crab Orchard Review, Narrative, Passages North, Many Mountains Moving, Small Spiral Notebook, Nimrod, Phoebe, 2River View, Boxcar Poetry Review, Rattle, Pebble Lake Review, Cider Press Review, Gargoyle, Speechless, Southeast Review, Poetry Southeast, Salt Hill, Quercus Review, and others. Formerly a dancer and a chef, she teaches children and is a devoted outreach worker.