She is also a Speech-Language Pathologist with 15 years of clinical experience working with school-aged children. Michèle obtained her PhD in the interdisciplinary doctorate of Human Studies at Laurentian University where her research centered around standardizing and validating a speech and language screening tool aimed at early detection of speech and language difficulties in franco-ontarien children upon school entry. She has gained various lecturing experiences speaking about test standardization and validation as it pertains to linguistic minority settings both locally and internationally.