Michelle lives near Joshua Tree National Park with her husband, Terry, a high school math teacher. She has 5 children, one of whom also taught fifth grade with her for a year! She simply adores the desert. She was working on a Masters in Educational Technology and offered to help me get my message about writing to the world by putting it on the web. During the last few years, she took a break from the web site to earn a law degree, but now is back to helping me help kids become better writers. If you'd like to send her a message, I'm sure she'd be happy to hear from you!