2023 Participant Biographies

Michelle is a professional trainer in the art of personal defense. She is also an expert witness in the state of VA and has testified in felony cases on behalf of the defense. Michelle's testimony was key to the verdict of not guilty for the cases she worked. Michelle has been training individuals in the art of personal defense since 1979, has traveled all over the USA training students, has trained private security teams, and has a 100% safety record. Michelle will provide an informative, practical, instructional, and meaningful presentation for all who attend. Michelle will impart her knowledge, practices, and principles to the attendees presented in a way that will allow each person to immediately utilize the information in their daily lives. Michelle will present information regarding personal defense best practices, most effective tools, threat identification and avoidance, legalities of self-defense, the victorious mindset, the victim mindset, the criminal mindset, the victim selection process of violent criminals, use of force and probable outcomes, how to engage with LEO's when necessary, and, most importantly, how to avoid becoming a victim of violent crime and live your life in peace. Michelle will also discuss some of the tools that are available to women for defense and will show which tools are effective and which tools are not recommended.