Michelle Love-Day

Michelle Love-Day has been an educator for 23 years. She received her bachelor’s in education and master’s in reading from Bowling Green State University, plus a master’s in education, leadership, and policy from the University of Utah. Her second language is Spanish, and she studied abroad in Alaclá, Spain. After leaving her home state of Ohio, she taught in North Carolina until relocating to Utah in 2005. She has been a 1st and 2nd grade teacher, literacy coach, principal, and associate director of educational equity. She is currently the director of her school district’s language and culture services department.

Michelle’s style of hands-on learning, encouragement, and realness has helped students to overcome their barriers to success. She has worked with teachers to inspire, motivate, and encourage. She shares information and ways parents can work with schools, advocate for their children, and assist in creating a rich diverse literacy environment at home and in school. She is the director and founder of RISE Academy.

A long-term member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she believes in working in and giving back to the community. Michelle has served on many boards, including the Hale Centre Theater board of trustees, the Clark Planetarium board, the Access to Justice commission, The Policy Project board, and the Conviction Integrity board. She plays a role in Utah’s ethnic studies commission and believes that being involved in political and social action is a large step to change. She enjoys acting on stage and in commercials and is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

She is passionate about schools being student focused, equitable, and a place where all students feel they are welcomed and have an adult they can believe in and who believes in them. In 2022, she delivered an idea worth sharing on the TEDx stage and is the proud mother to five children and wife to a supportive husband.