Since 2015 she has been the Director of the Michael Hughes Foundation, an Australia Not for Profit company with a focus on raising public awareness of sudden cardiac arrest, promotion of first aid training and placement of defibrillators in the community. Between 2007-2013 Michelle was an accountant at Goodwin Chivas & Co Chartered Accountants before becoming company Manager from 2013-2017. Michelle has a Bachelor of Business, Accounting and Finance from the University of Technology, Sydney (2003-2005) and a Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, 2007-2009.