Hi, I'm Michelle.

I spent most of my adult life being told my pain was not real.

By doctors. By systems. Sometimes by myself.

I am a mom, a storyteller, an entrepreneur and someone who has been fighting for her health since I can remember.

This is not a perfect story. It is an honest one.

My Story

The pain started when I was eleven. I was not diagnosed with endometriosis until 2001. That is a decade of being dismissed, misunderstood, and told it was normal. It was not normal.

My daughter developed chronic pain at eleven. Doctors told her it was in her head. We fought for years before she was believed.

In 2025 my son was hit by a car. There are moments that split your life into before and after. That was one of them. He survived. We are still learning what healing looks like.

At the same time my husband Rob left a career that had taken everything from him and given very little back.

We found ourselves carrying medical debt, emotional exhaustion, and deep uncertainty about what came next. Our whole family was rebuilding at the same time.

I needed work that would not punish me for having a body that does not cooperate.

So I Built This

In 2023 I graduated college with a digital film degree. A 4.0 GPA. On the hard days too.

I did not go to school just to get a degree. I went to learn how to make professional video content that would help people truly understand chronic pain. To use film and storytelling to make the invisible visible.

In April 2026 I launched Michelle | Chronic Pain to AI Income. A space where chronic illness, real life, and practical income tools live together honestly.

I teach people with chronic pain how to use simple AI tools to build income from home. No tech degree required. No pain-free days required. Not because life became easy. Because it has not. And I finally stopped waiting for it to.