Born Michelle Lee Hall, daughter of James and Deborah Hall, I was raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. I graduated from Shippensburg University in 1998 with a B.A. in Communication/Public Relations. In 2000, I married the greatest guy in the world, Christopher Trautman. We relocated to North Carolina in 2003. I’m a sr. communications specialist at LORD Corporation, and Chris is a music teacher at Harnett Central Middle School. We became parents April 3, 2007 when Owen Ryker Trautman entered into our lives and again on April 21, 2010 when Kara Marie Trautman joined us on this journey called life. We also have a high-strung Chihuahua, Chico. I lost my mom, the greatest teacher and mother EVER, on J