Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center in the Ambulatory Care Clinic. She was awarded Albuquerque Business Weekly's Top 40 Young Professionals under 40 and was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change for Women Veterans in 2013. Michelle is also a member of the Women Veterans of New Mexico and American Women Veterans a national organization that works in advocacy on behalf of service women, veterans and their families. She is in the New Mexico Emerge program, a group dedicated to changing the face of New Mexico politics by identifying, training and encouraging women to run for office, get elected and to seek higher office. Currently Michelle is the president of the Board for CLNkids and serves on the Executive, Finance and Advocacy committees.