She was an active duty army officer as a Registered Nurse assigned to WestPoint, United States Military Academy. She obtained a Master’s degree in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, and received the Ruth Dale Ogilvy award for exceptional academic performance in 1995. Michelle also obtained her Adult and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certificates from Johns Hopkins University in 1996 & 1997. She is also certified as a Dermatology Nurse Clinician. She has been working as a Dermatology Nurse Practitioner since 2000. Michelle received her Doctoral degree from the University of South Florida (Nurse Practitioner Dermatology Program) in 2014.