Michelle joined Black Burke Mayor after articling at a litigation office within the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, serving some of Canada's most vulnerable individuals, primarily within the areas of civil litigation, mental health, family, and estates law.

Michelle holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and an Honours Bachelor's of Science from the University of Toronto, where she completed a double major in Global Health and Health Studies, with a minor in Sociology. Integrating her health policy background with her JD degree, Michelle is an author on a recently published interdisciplinary study examining the impact of health rights litigation on public health.

Michelle is passionate about serving underserved communities and improving access to justice. During law school, Michelle was a law student advocate and the Director of Tickets at Fair Change, a legal clinic that represented unhoused and precariously housed individuals in hearings before the Ontario Court of Justice on Provincial Offences Act matters. She also worked as a caseworker in several pro bono legal projects and clinics, including at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (serving women and non-binary individuals who have survived violence), the Osgoode Intellectual Property Innovation Clinic, and the Pro Bono Students Canada Wills Project.

In her free time, Michelle enjoys playing cozy video games, embroidery, painting, and hiking.

Michelle uses the pronouns she/her.