• Michele writes or edits copy for annual reports, auction catalogs, brochures, business proposals, direct mail packages, employee handbooks, fact sheets, feature articles, flyers, grant applications, newsletters, operations manuals, policy and procedure manuals, press releases, sales letters, speeches, training manuals and Web site text. She has reported for Brentwood News and Southern Sierran and is in the process of writing a nonfiction book for caregivers.

Michele understands the challenges faced by businesses and nonprofit organizations. She can help you reach your target audience to attract new customers, clients or donors.

• Before launching her freelance writing practice, Michele was employed in corporate settings as a paralegal, human resources consultant and employee benefits advisor. Her employers included ARCO, Bank of America, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
  
  
• Michele has worked in clinical settings with dually-diagnosed adolescents, homeless youth, and people with cancer or HIV/AIDS. She is the former director of development and communications for The Wellness Community—South Bay Cities and Common Ground—the Westside HIV Community Center.
  
  
• She has earned numerous writing and management awards including the Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer national essay contest, the Psi Chi Distinguished Student Award and performance bonuses from ARCO and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
  
  
• Michele earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature, a paralegal certificate and a certificate in print journalism from UCLA. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
  
  
• Michele is a member of the Greater West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Independent Writers of Southern California, Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists.