Air Force Captain, Masters Candidate, NBA Dancer
Michelle is an active duty Captain in the United States Air Force. Currently (2012), she works as a Budget Officer at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a San Antonio Silver Dancer for the 2011-2012 season, the official NBA dance team of the San Antonio Spurs. She initially began cheering professionally after she commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force. Michelle was first stationed at Mountain Home AFB, ID when she auditioned and made it as an Ice Girl for the Idaho Steelheads, a professional minor league ice hockey team in Boise, Idaho, in early 2008. Afterwards, Michelle tried out for and made the Boise Burn Hotshots, Boise’s Arena Football dance team. Michelle danced for the Boise Burn during the 2008-2009 AFL season before the AFL realigned and the Boise Burn dissolved in 2010.
Michelle recently was accepted into the AF Medical Service Corps (MSC) in 2012 and will continue her active duty service as an MSC officer effective June 2012. Michelle is a 2007 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and cheered while at the Academy all four years. She is also expected to graduate with her Masters in Healthcare Administration in May 2012.
