Michael joined ?What If! in 2008 as a Creative Coordinator. He comes to the New York office by way of Seattle, WA by way of Philadelphia, PA by way of Phoenix, AZ ­ the hometown he both defends and razzes as though it were his little brother. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and Theatre Arts, he founded Shunpike, a Seattle-based nonprofit artist services organization. Having spent many of Phoenix¹s long, boring, and hot summers indoors, he became addicted to writing, drawing, and playing music ­ habits he continues to indulge as a resident of the Sunnyside neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.