Get to know Michael!
I am an Educator
From an early age, my parents instilled in me a love and a passion for learning. It was only a short jump from there to a career in education. As a Junior in high school, I volunteered as a teaching assistant in a second-grade classroom at Jefferson Elementary in downtown Minneapolis. That is where I fell in love with education.
After college, I got my Masters in Education and spent four years working in the field of education, supporting first and second year students transitioning from K-12 into higher education. After law school, I returned to my roots as an educator, teaching law, first at Santa Clara University, and then at the McGeorge School of Law here in Sacramento.
My unique path as both educator and administrator also gives me insights into how to support our teachers and staff members as we work together to support our students and families.
I am an Attorney
Ever since I graduated from law school in 2013, my career has been focused on helping people. I worked for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, supporting their early efforts to protect LGBTQ+ people from employment discrimination, and then spent two years serving as Chair of Santa Clara County’s EEO Advisory Commission, ensuring that all employees and residents have equal access to government services.
In private practice, I’m lucky to be able to work with small businesses around the region. Our local businesses can and should be partners in handing down a better world to our children.
Neighbor / Community Leader
Community has always been incredibly important to me, and that is especially true since my husband and I are relative new comers to Elk Grove. When we moved here, we benefited from the work and selfless service of so many who lived here before us, and I believe it’s our responsibility to pick up that torch, invest in this community, and pay it forward to those who will come after us.
That is why I show up. I show up everywhere in the community, whether it is joining a Rotary club, running in a charity 5K, stopping by a fundraising dinner for a local non-profit, or serving on the board of a local organization.
That is why I invest in my neighborhood. I make a point of going out and meeting our neighbors, inviting them to events and social functions, and helping out where we can. Sometimes it’s as simple as borrowing a chainsaw or sharing a batch of tamales.
We are all safer, happier, and healthier, when we have a connected community!
Awards & Recognitions
Community Leadership Award
Silicon Valley Business Journal
