Michelle is an educational consultant that infuses startup strategies into professional learning so that teachers are supported to bring changemaking, social innovation, and SDGs into their work. A graduate of IE University in Madrid, she is a part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and has presented at numerous events, including SXSWedu and TEDxLausanne. After teaching social studies in both the U.S. and Switzerland, she founded the Educators' Lab, which supports teacher-driven solutions to educational challenges.   Michelle is the co-author of The Startup Teacher Playbook, and Preventing Polarization (2023). She has worked with organizations like PBS Education, Getting Smart, and Ashoka. She occasionally runs bespoke workshops for international schools and blogs for publications like Intrepid and Edutopia.