Michelle is a Design Advocate at zeroheight, where she serves the design community through knowledge sharing, building bridges, and identifying community needs. She has worn several hats, from product designer to design manager to design ops manager. She leads the DEI committee at zeroheight and career coaches underrepresented communities in tech. She also cohosts the Design Systems WTF webinar/podcast that explores burning design system questions from the community. She runs a meetup called Hella Design Systems for Bay Area design system makers. Michelle is also an environmental justice advocate and works to provide tree equity in Oakland, California.
