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Overview

Michelle Hartz is a local graphic design artist and principal of Hartz Design. She is married to Brian Hartz (owner of upcoming Liquid Braino Creations).

Education

After graduating from Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana, Michelle attended college sporadically concentrating on Graphic Design at Ivy Tech, Indiana University South Bend, and Indiana University Bloomington. Even though the health and personal problems that affected her college studies have been overcome, due to her involvement in other activities, she has approached her continuing education in the same manner.

Career

From her senior year of high school and into college, Michelle worked at Erica's Craft & Sewing Center in South Bend, Indiana. She was hired to clean the store and set up for classes, but during college her duties shifted due to the increase in e-commerce. She started posting new items to the online storefront, processing orders, and answering emails. Soon, these duties filled her 40 hour work week. Eventually, the store's online business grew to the point that she was managing the department as 3 full time people and 1 part time employee were hired to help with the increasing workload.

In 2002, she took the opportunity to move to Bloomington with her fiancé and future husband, Brian Hartz. She took a job at AuthorHouse as an account manager (and later a publicist) while starting a freelance graphic design business out of her home. Later, she took the position as Patient Campaign Specialist at the Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA).

She left COTA to dedicate her full attention to Hartz Design, until she was offered the graphic designer position at Baugh Enterprises. She now dedicates the day to Baugh Enterprises while continuing to expand Hartz Design. She also does taxes in the spring for Jackson Hewitt.

Other Activities

Michelle enjoys a variety of activities. Her main hobby is practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan at the YMCA and attending workshops with Grandmaster William C.C. Chen.

She is also on the Cabaret et al planning committee for Verbal Terrorism Productions and Verbal Terrorism Performance Group.

As an owner-listener of Freeze Frame Radio, Michelle uses her alias "Mz Hartz" to produce a short weekly news segment called the "Weird Newz with Mz Hartz."

A proud member of the Drag Racing Association of Women (DRAW), she dreams of someday being able to design a paint job for a Funny Car or Top Fuel Dragster.

External links

• Twitter stream
• MySpace page
• Second Life persona: Mz Tigerpaw