Michelle is Programme Officer for the Global Geothermal Alliance, facilitated by IRENA, where they lead a coalition to increase the use of geothermal. During the last ten years, Michelle has collaborated with the Governments of Latin America, international cooperation agencies, the main international stakeholders of geothermal industry, as well as with highly recognized law firms in Mexico in consultancies of regulation, governance and public policy.
Since 2013, she has been involved in the design and implementation of public policies and regulation for the energy transition focused in geothermal. She is well known for her contributions to foster geothermal in Mexico, Honduras and Panama, for developing cutting edge public policies through analytic and logical work, but mostly because of the easiness to present and transmit technical subjects and translate their solutions into public policies and legal wording. On a personal level, Michelle has had a significant commitment to gender equality issues, she participated in consultancies on the subject by developing and implementing tools to combat discrimination.