Michelle has been teaching dance for 30 years, including Becky Seamster Dance Studio and LegacyDance Academy. During her years of active dancing, she competed all genres of dance and traveled as assistant staff with Dance Olympus and 

DanceAmerica Dance companies. Michelle has continued her dance teacher training by attending the Dance Teacher Web conference and is Acrobatic Arts Certified. Michelle graduated with an undergraduate degree from Purdue University in Speech Pathology, and a Masters degree from Ball State University in Speech Pathology. She is currently a Speech Language Pathologist at Northwestern School Corporation. Her favorite genre(s) of dance are Ballet and Pointe, and her favorite quote is “ She believed she could, so she did”.