Michelle is a journalist and essayist living on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

She is an editor with The Narwhal and a contributing writer to The Walrus. Her writing can often be found in Maclean’s, Chatelaine, The Globe & Mail, and any outlet that will let her write about roller skating.

Previously, she was the editor-in-chief and co-publisher of SAD Mag. Her feature story, The Curious Case of Gina Adams, received a National Magazine Award in 2023 for investigative journalism, and was published in April 2024 as a limited-edition hardcover. 

She’s a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6, Saskatchewan.