Michelle received the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Practice in Learning and Teaching (Tier 1) 2020 for her contribution to learning and teaching at CQUniversity Australia. She is a Rockhampton local and has been teaching Digital Media for over 15 years, firstly as a sessional academic, and has been in her full-time role with CQUniversity since December 2017.  Over the years, Michelle has taught Print Design, Web Design, User Experience Design, Animation, Visual Communication Design as well as a large range of other units within Digital Media and Communications. Her current role is Associate Lecturer and Unit Coordinator in the Bachelor of Digital Media.  Michelle is an associate member of CREATE and currently undertaking research in equivalence in the student experience in higher education.