Having survived the death of her 22 year old daughter, Michelle knows what it’s like to fight back from paralyzing loss. Instead of floundering in self-pity, she used tragedy as a catalyst for her to “put up or shut up”, and follow through with her vision of leaving the economic status quo behind, and becoming a self-made entrepreneur. All this, at the pit of the housing market crash of 2008. Her belief, you can always find beauty among the ashes. Timestamps: 1:10- Background, 4:55- Moving past a tragedy, 7:00- Creating a new life, 10:15- Living an empowered life.