Michelle has been employed by RCTs Education and Children’s Services since 1996, now employed as a Business and Facilities Manager at a secondary school in Ferndale. Michelle is also the Managing and Founding Director of The Fern Partnership, a multi award winning Charity and Company Limited Guarantee, selected in July 2017 as a ‘Pathfinder’ organisation for Wales by Welsh Government under the Valleys Task Force initiative. The Charity is strategic and forward thinking in relation to the future, community development and the joined-up approach to community partnership working. As both a resident and a professional in the Rhondda Valleys Michelle is proud to be part of communities that flourish, develop and thrive in what can be challenging and sometimes extremely difficult environments.