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T. Michele Walker, The Islander's latest reporter.

T. Michele Walker started off her career as a professional singer and actor, performing musical theater, opera and singing at Walt Disney World with EPCOT’s Voices of Liberty.

After a 20-year stint as an educator, director and writer, she transitioned to full-time writer in 2018 and joined the Sarasota Herald Tribune as a music and theater critic.

While currently writing for the Boca Beacon weekly community newspaper and Gasparilla magazine, both in Boca Grande, Michele is excited to join The Islander newspaper team.

A native Floridian and a mother of two, Michele has lived in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is thrilled to be back home in Florida.