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Michelle's Bio
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At age 35 Michelle's 13 year financial industry career came to an end when she, and her 7 year-old daughter, were stalked, kidnapped, held hostage, taped with exploives and after 14 hours, Michelle was forced to rob the bank she managed to save their lives. Michelle Renee kept on "dreaming big" and with resiliency and resolve to become the 2008 MSN Hometown Hero, a published author, speaker, and entrepreneur as owner of Common Unity PR, Founder of Rock to Stop Violence and Creator/Host of Women Who dreamBIG®. Michelle delivers her powerful message of recovery and living life with a no regreats-take charge-love yourself attitude aound the world.
Michelle's debut is book,Held Hostage:The True Story of a Mother and Daughter's Kidnapping premiered on Lifetime January 2, 2010 to rave review, a project she served as creative consultatn and associate producer on. Michelle is currently seeking publication for her sophommore book, Hostage No More. This book takes readers beyond the violent crime and into discovering self-love and freedom from blame, anger and bitterness and into living a dreamBIG life as a Hostage No More. It is her goal to inspire not only her daughter, but millions of other violence, abuse and truama survivors.
Michelle has been awarded for her success in banking as well as for her leadership in our community via her advocacy efforts with The Violent Trauma Awareness Project and Rock To Stop Violence. Michelle studied Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations at the University of Alaska andis a member of the Global Peacebuilders Project, National Association of Women Executives, was named Soroptimist International's 2007 Woman of Distinction. She has been interviewed by Gayle King, featured in magazines in the UK and on national and international radio. In 2008 Michelle was honored to be added to the Chicago Children's Hospital Trauma Center Survivor Wall alongside Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou, became a Family Advocate for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and Children's Hospital Chadwick Center in San Diego, and was featured on The Biography Channel, CBS 48 HOurs and A & E Television.
Michelle resides in Southern California with her daughter and two dogs, Gypsy and Spike.
