Michelle fell in love with Seattle from the air. Flying over Seattle, she and her husband took one look at the city, Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier and said, "We're moving to Seattle!" Less than a year later, in July of 2000 Michelle was reporting and filling in on the anchor desk for KOMO.

Michelle won 4 Regional Emmys - two for award-winning reporting on Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC). The most deadly and lethal form of breast cancer. Michelle discovered most patients never heard of IBC until they got it.

Her initial report was so popular, more than 20 million people downloaded it from our web site. Her reports triggered a chain reaction of IBC reporting around the country and the nation's first IBC Clinic opened in Houston,Texas in October of 2006 - the Clinic's founder said Michelle's reporting helped to pave the way for the new clinic.

Prior to KOMO-TV, Michelle spent three years in Phoenix, Arizona - anchoring the morning and noon broadcasts and reporting.

She graduated from Penn State and began her TV reporting career in Ohio then landed a reporting position in her hometown, Pittsburgh. When she's not storytelling - Michelle is enjoying Washington's back country: hiking, skiing, climbing and sailing. Her favorite past time is dinner. She and her husband love creating and sampling the world's cuisines.

Contact Michelle at MEsteban@komotv.com