After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Economics in 1983, Michele started her professional journey in the corporate banking industry and built a full spectrum of client relationships, working with some of the largest corporations in the U.S. on their financial needs to the middle market arena and small-business banking arena. As her industry knowledge base grew, Michele entered the private banking sector and worked with well-known entrepreneurs in the United States. Michele continued to refine her focus in the financial planning field and became a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and an investment broker. At this stage of her life, with over thirty years of financial services experience, and after opening and operating several of her own businesses over the years, Michele decided the path for her was one of a financial coach working with and educating clients along their journey to creating their own economic freedom. She enjoys working with clients and watching as they grow both financially and personally and achieve a sense of achievement and pride