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Originally from Houston, TX, Michael Leach has worked in education since graduating from ÐÔ°®ÌìÌÃ’s MAT Program in 2013. During his tenure as a student at ÐÔ°®ÌìÌÃ, Michael’s focus was on choral and instrumental education and performance, performing with the ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Choir, Chamber Singers, Handbells, and Trinitones at various points. During the MAT Program year, he focused on Secondary Orchestra instruction. While working in secondary education, Michael served as the Choir and Strings Teacher before moving into the Dean of Students and finally Director of Student Affairs role for the bulk of his tenure at a local charter school. 

Michael’s developmental approach in advising aims to equip students with the necessary skills and tools to not only achieve success, but take full advantage of every opportunity the university offers its students. He strives to serve as an advocate for students, while also teaching them self-advocacy and sufficiency to have continued success later at ÐÔ°®ÌìÌà and wherever their post-graduation journey takes them.

In his free time, Michael enjoys going on weekend grand adventures with his fiancé Cathryn to the dog park and games stores to play too much Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons, performing with the community orchestra at UIW, singing in the Parish Choir at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, cheering way too enthusiastically for the Houston Astros, maintaining a ridiculous amount of Lego sets, culinary adventures in the kitchen, and woodworking in the garage when it’s not 100°+ outside.