Michele is the founder of Youth Empowered. She is passionate about helping parents with primary school children recover from bullying and rebuild their self-worth, so they can return to thriving in life using her unique 7-Step Bullying Recovery Empower Method. Michele is a qualified hypnotherapist with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Rhodes University in South Africa with a major in Psychology for four years. She also has honours in Industrial Psychology and completed a Diploma in Advertising with honours in Strategic Planning. Michele immigrated to Australia in 2008, where her focus has been on working with children, from teaching kids yoga to facilitating a sensory development baby and toddlers program. She is a mom with two married teenage children, loves to travel, and her main focus is helping children thrive.