With an ongoing love for her native town of Philadelphia, Michelle has been working in marketing and events since she was in high school. Promoting concerts and handling flyer distribution projects as a teen, she eventually headed to Drexel University and received a degree in Corporate Communications while simultaneously working with Jon Herrmann to establish and grow non-profit organization, Campus Philly.

She has worked in various positions at Campus Philly where she produced Campus Philly College Day (formerly known as Campus Philly Kick-Off) and served as Senior Manager for Events and Media Programs. More recently, Michelle has been operating her own agency, MAF Marketing & Events and is Publisher of Flying Kite. Flying Kite is a weekly online publication documenting growth and what's next in Greater Philadelphia.

Amongst other things, she implements marketing programs for the City Reps Office, co-produces Philly Swap, and serves as a board member at Young Involved Philadelphia, Girls Rock Phillyand Spiral Q Puppet Theater.

Michelle holds a degree in Corporate Communications from Drexel University. She currently lives in South Philadelphia with some cats, enjoys DJing (vinyl) and has a karaoke problem.

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