Michele joined the Fifteenth Circuit in April 2025. Michele was previously an Assistant State Attorney and a Senior Attorney for Children's Legal Services, both in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, and a Senior Attorney for the Human Resources Administration in New York, NY. She was also a Legal Intern for the Guardian ad Litem Program in the Fourth Judicial Circuit and spent several years serving as a GAL in the Fourth and Fifteenth Judicial Circuits. Michele earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law.