Michelle was a Team Member at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for the Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, Connecticut. In that role, she worked closely with the Design Team and Principals, Cesar Pelli and Fred Clarke, in Schematic Design and Design Development. New Haven’s Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School is a state-of-the-art facility for performance and education in the midst of the city’s bustling arts and entertainment district. It includes a full-sized public theater, a “black box” experimental theater, and exhibition spaces and all of the elements of a traditional high school, including a gymnasium, cafeteria, and classrooms. To maintain a lively street presence, the building has retail stores on the ground floor and direct public access to the theater lobby and galleries. The heart of the school is a 350-seat theater, complete with orchestra and balcony seating, an orchestra pit, scene shop, costume storage, dressing rooms, and loading dock. The theater features a sprung stage with a full fly loft, professional theater lighting, and a projection and control booth. In addition, the school includes rehearsal rooms, a ceramic studio, a photography darkroom, a graphic lab, a score library, a keyboard lab, a film and lecture hall, and creative writing rooms.